About 700 cannabis plants removed from Mendocino National Forest
On 16 September 2026 U.S. Forest Service officers, Glenn County’s Major Crimes Task Force and a Forest Service helicopter team eradicated about 700 cannabis plants from an illegal grow in remote Mendocino National Forest. No arrests were reported.
🇺🇸 Mendocino National Forest, California · California, United States
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Plants destroyed
700
On Tuesday 16 September 2026 law enforcement from the U.S. Forest Service and the Glenn County
Major Crimes Task Force, with helicopter Falcon 1, eradicated about 700 marijuana plants from
an illegal cultivation site in a remote part of Mendocino National Forest, California.[1][2]
The Forest Service said the September 22 release described a single grow in isolated terrain
where trespass cultivation often damages watersheds and wildlife habitat.[1]Action News Now
reported the same plant count and agencies from Willows, California.[2]
Both sources advised visitors who stumble on grow sites to leave immediately and report to
local law enforcement.[1][2]Neither reported any arrests.[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.
