Task force eradicates 67,045 plants in Siskiyou County raids
California's Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce served 24 search warrants in Siskiyou County on 11-13 July 2023, eradicating 67,045 plants and seizing 8,019.75 pounds of processed cannabis worth an estimated $68.5 million, plus a dozen firearms. The governor's office called it the task force's largest operation to date.
🇺🇸 Whitney Creek, Harry Cash and Shasta Vistas areas, Siskiyou County · California, United States
California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce (UCETF) served 24 search warrants on
unlicensed commercial cannabis cultivation sites in Siskiyou County between 11 and 13 July
2023.[1][2]The sites were in the Whitney Creek, Harry Cash and Shasta Vistas areas.[1][2]
Largest operation to date
Officers eradicated 67,045 illegal cannabis plants and seized8,019.75 pounds (about
3,637.7 kg) of processed cannabis, which the governor’s office valued at an estimated
$68.5 million.[1][2]They also seized a dozen firearms.[1][2]
The operation targeted growers that harm the environment and the public through unlawful
pesticides and toxic chemicals, according to the governor’s office, which called it the
task force’s largest operation to date.[1]
Photos and video
Governor's office graphic on the Siskiyou operation over a greenhouse grow photoPhoto details
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.
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.
