Fed raid rumors spark panic

A swarm of federal agents arrived in Humboldt County this week to carry out a massive marijuana sting operation, but rumors of their arrival preceded them, and reportedly sparked a bit of panic in some segments of the community.
It was the talk of local blogs, left at least one local dispensary answering frantic calls from harried customers and prompted a flurry of activity in some sectors.
Several local businesses, which asked not to be singled out by name, described a swift business in moving truck rentals over the last week -- apparently, in some cases, to move pot grows.




http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_9688992

 

Motorcades of government SUVs poured through Humboldt County communities Tuesday as hundreds of federal and state agents began their search for commercial marijuana growing operations in a multi-day investigation the FBI has dubbed “Operation Southern Sweep.”
The bureau's spokesman Joseph Schadler reported 450 agents with several federal agencies would be serving search warrants and collecting evidence on properties where “corporate marijuana growing operations” were suspected.
On Tuesday morning, at the operation's command center in Fortuna's River Lodge parking lot, Schadler said 27 search warrants would be executed over the course of the day, and two more are expected later this week.




http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_9689025

 

I'm just passing info......


It must be an adrenline rush for these guys to be driving Rental truck full of plants with the DEA so close by....

 

well if their gonna go to the extent of ruining peoples lives, they shouldn't allow it to be advertised, ex: Cheech and Chong movie should have not been able to be produced. etc....the producers should be doing the same amount of time their giving other people....Having ads in the local paper should be disallowed.........

Coruption is all that is being dipalyed here ...........legal or not legal.....not Mickey Mouse rules