The latest Operation Hammer Strike update from sheriffs officials revealed the recent eradication of hundreds of marijuana greenhouses in San Bernardino County. The outdoor marijuana cultivations many operated by suspects in the High Desert, Los Angeles County, and China were shuttered during OHS Week 22, a seven-day period, which ended Sunday, the SBC Sheriffs Department said Monday.
During that week, a total of 256 greenhouses were found and eradicated by investigators, who mitigated one electrical bypass and one THC extraction lab, according to sheriffs officials.
Sheriff's personnel also arrested 36 suspects, with investigators seizing 52,715 marijuana plants, more than 3,575 pounds of processed marijuana, more than $51,000 in cash, and 10 guns, a sheriffs report said.
Investigators from the Sheriff's Department - Marijuana Enforcement Team, along with SBC deputies from several sheriff's patrol stations, served 17 search warrants at various locations in Adelanto, Apple Valley, Hesperia, Hinkley, Wonder Valley, Twentynine Palms, El Mirage, Walnut, West Covina, Alhambra, and Chino Hills.
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