Cannabis growers tap into an outlaw market of banned, smuggled chemicals, putting public health at risk.
In coordinated raids last September, multiple California agencies stormed a network of illegal cannabis-growing warehouses across Oakland while state cannabis regulators singled out a salmon-colored warehouse complex surrounded by 7,000-volt security fencing. The warehouse building — home to two licensed cannabis operations — was 'highly-likely' the conduit that illegal growers used to ship their product into the legal market, a state agent told a judge.
They were also present on five farms raided by Siskiyou County sheriff's deputies in late April, accompanied by a county health officer who wore protective gear and a respirator to safely bag the pesticides. On one farm, deputies retrieved a large box holding dozens of the Chinese-labeled pesticides from the food pantry, where it had been stashed next to a large sack of rice.
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