Authorities seized more than 109,000 cannabis plants from a grow operation in Lipscomb County over the weekend of 5 to 8 June 2015, in what could be the largest such bust in Texas history. No arrests were made, and a joint local, state and federal investigation continued.
🇺🇸 Lipscomb County, Texas · Texas, United States
Plants destroyed
109,000
The investigation began on Friday 5 June 2015 and the seizure of the plants concluded on Monday 8 June.[1][2]Authorities confirmed the seizure of more than 109,000 marijuana plants from a grow operation busted that weekend in Lipscomb County.[1][2]
No arrests had been made, and a joint local, state and federal investigation was under way.[1][2]
The bust might be the largest of its kind in state history.[1][2]The previous largest was 100,197 plants seized across 29 fields in Polk County the year before, a haul estimated at 175 million dollars that a deer hunter had discovered on a farm with irrigation systems and underground power generators.[1][2]
Governor Newsom announced on 29 October 2026 that the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force seized or destroyed 55,308 pounds of illicit cannabis and 108,226 plants across nine counties in July–September 2026, making 14 arrests.
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California's Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force seized or destroyed 55,308 pounds of illicit cannabis and eradicated 108,226 plants between July and September 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom's office said. The quarter's operations across nine counties led to 14 arrests, nine firearms and $29,215 in cash, and brought the state's nine-month total to more than $230 million in cannabis.
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Humboldt County sheriff's deputies eradicated about 3,102 cannabis plants and destroyed about 36 pounds of processed cannabis at two unlicensed grows near Alderpoint and Garberville on 5 and 6 October 2026. No arrests were made and the cases were sent to the District Attorney for review.
On 25 September 2026 New Mexico's Regulation and Licensing Department Enforcement Bureau and the Organized Crime Commission raided 102 Howell Road in Estancia, Torrance County, seizing and destroying about 6,300 mature cannabis plants in 21 greenhouses weighing an estimated 21,000 pounds. The case remains open for prosecution.
