California CAMP eradicated 1,134,692 cannabis plants in the 2005 season
Attorney General Bill Lockyer said the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting eradicated a record 1,134,692 illegally grown plants in 237 raids across 31 counties during the 2005 season, with 42 arrests and 76 weapons seized; the department valued the crop at more than $4.5 billion.
🇺🇸 California (31 counties) · California, United States
On 10 November 2005 Attorney General Bill Lockyer said California’s Campaign Against Marijuana
Planting (CAMP) had eradicated 1,134,692 illegally cultivated cannabis plants during the 2005
season, a record exceeding the previous year by 513,377 plants.[1]CAMP, a multi-agency task
force led by the Department of Justice with the National Guard, the DEA, federal land agencies
and local departments, valued the removed crop at more than $4.5 billion.[1][2]
Season totals
Lockyer said teams conducted 237 raids in 31 counties during the traditional outdoor season from
late July through early October.[1]Officers made 42 arrests and seized 76 weapons.[1]About
73 percent of the plants grew on public land including state and national parks and forests, and
the rest on private land including ranches, vineyards and corporate property.[1]Shasta County
had the largest county total with 214,319 plants, followed by Lake County with 133,441 and Tulare
County with 133,038.[1]One officer-involved shooting occurred during the season, leaving one
suspect dead in Santa Clara County.[1]In January 2006 the federal drug-control office gave
CAMP a Distinguished Service Award for its 2005 performance, noting that more than 110 agencies
had taken part.[2]
Case data
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