42,000 cannabis plants burned at La Rumorosa grow site near US border
Mexican federal police destroyed more than 42,000 cannabis plants weighing nearly 70,000 pounds at a 13-square-mile grow site in La Rumorosa, Baja California, on 11 June 2019. US-trained units burned the crop on site after reaching it with all-terrain vehicles and GPS equipment.
Mexican federal police eradicated a huge illegal cannabis grow site in La Rumorosa, Baja California, on 11 June 2019, destroying more than 42,000 plants on the spot.[1][2]The site lay about six miles from the United States border.[2]It spanned roughly 13 square miles and held nearly 70,000 pounds (about 31,750 kilograms) of cannabis with an estimated street value of 276.9 million dollars.[1][2]All of the plants were burned at the site.[1][2]
The operation grew out of a Binational Border Operations Academy run by US Border Patrol agents from the San Diego and El Centro sectors, which trained Mexican Policia Federal officers in intelligence gathering, target enforcement and land navigation across April and May.[1][2]Officers first located the site on 6 June but could not reach it for lack of roads and equipment, then returned on 11 June with all-terrain vehicles supplied through a US anti-narcotics programme and surveillance and GPS equipment from the academy.[1][2]
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Harvested cannabis bundles at the eradicated La Rumorosa grow sitePhoto details
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