State law enforcement in Northern California seized thousands of illegal marijuana plants and nearly 2,000 pounds of processed cannabis with an estimated value of nearly $37 million.
The operation, led by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), confiscated 41,082 cannabis plants and 1,841 pounds of flower from an unlicensed cultivation operation in Oakland, an agency spokesperson told SFGate.
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The regulator valued the unlicensed products at $36.9 million, although government estimates of cannabis raids are often inflated.
Still, it was one of the largest enforcement operations in the San Francisco Bay Area this year, the agency said.
No one was arrested, according to SFGate.
That’s a common development after cannabis seizures since serious marijuana-related criminal penalties – which used to serve as deterrents for some illegal operators – were thrown out in 2016 when California voters approved Proposition 64, the ballot measure that legalized adult
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