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The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting worked across the state this year, seizing more than 4.4 million marijuana plants, 3.2 percent of which came from Humboldt County, according to recently released statistics.
More than 142,000 plants were seized in Humboldt County with the help of CAMP and numerous local agencies, making it the 10th largest county seizure this year. Shasta County had the highest numbers with 557,862 plants and Lake County was right behind at 506,506 plants, according to a report from the Office of the Attorney General.
Other local counties also had help from CAMP. Mendocino County had the third highest eradication at 440,689 plants and Trinity County had the sixth highest with 255,340 plants. Del Norte County ranked 33rd out of 41 counties listed with 15,958 marijuana plants seized, according to the report. Siskiyou County was not listed in the CAMP statistics.
The number of plants seized in Humboldt County fluctuates every year and less was found this season than two years prior, said Sgt. Wayne Hanson of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office. But resources and time are a factor in that -- of the 102 days that CAMP operated this year, only 14 were in Humboldt County.
If we had more than 14 days, we'd have more eradication, he said. If we had 28 days, we'd probably find twice as much.
CAMP consists of five teams that work across the entire state, so time is always limited, he said.
Although record seizures weren't made for this county, CAMP's overall numbers soared past previous years' figures. In 2007 and 2008, CAMP seized 2.9 million plants each year compared with this year's 4.4 million plants, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
Most of the marijuana gardens found in Humboldt County were either on tribal, timber property or park lands, Hanson said. One of the main goals of CAMP is trying to make the state parks a little more safe.
It appears most of these sites were affiliated with drug trafficking organizations due to the large number of plants in each garden, the remote locations and the weapons found at some of the sites, Hanson said.
CAMP made 111 arrests during the season and seized 89 weapons, but for safety reasons, sheriff's deputies did not try to approach the sites before helicopters arrived, he said.
There are often armed suspects at the sites and shootings between police and the suspected growers occur every year, Hanson said. Four men were seen running from a garden near Weitchpec in late July as deputies were lowered from a helicopter.
It's a little too dangerous to sneak up on them, he said.
Hanson considers this year's campaign a success in Humboldt in the sense that no one was injured and many plants were eradicated. The Sheriff's Office will continue to raid gardens on public and private property within the county as they are able, he said.
Are there more gardens out there? Absolutely, Hanson said.
CAMP began in 1983 with a seizure of 64,579 plants statewide and it has continued to grow, according to the report. The campaign provides local agencies with equipment, security and resources to conduct raids during the marijuana growing season. This year, CAMP coordinated 665 raids in the state, 76 percent of which were on public lands.
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More than 142,000 plants were seized in Humboldt County with the help of CAMP and numerous local agencies, making it the 10th largest county seizure this year. Shasta County had the highest numbers with 557,862 plants and Lake County was right behind at 506,506 plants, according to a report from the Office of the Attorney General.
Other local counties also had help from CAMP. Mendocino County had the third highest eradication at 440,689 plants and Trinity County had the sixth highest with 255,340 plants. Del Norte County ranked 33rd out of 41 counties listed with 15,958 marijuana plants seized, according to the report. Siskiyou County was not listed in the CAMP statistics.
The number of plants seized in Humboldt County fluctuates every year and less was found this season than two years prior, said Sgt. Wayne Hanson of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office. But resources and time are a factor in that -- of the 102 days that CAMP operated this year, only 14 were in Humboldt County.
If we had more than 14 days, we'd have more eradication, he said. If we had 28 days, we'd probably find twice as much.
CAMP consists of five teams that work across the entire state, so time is always limited, he said.
Although record seizures weren't made for this county, CAMP's overall numbers soared past previous years' figures. In 2007 and 2008, CAMP seized 2.9 million plants each year compared with this year's 4.4 million plants, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
Most of the marijuana gardens found in Humboldt County were either on tribal, timber property or park lands, Hanson said. One of the main goals of CAMP is trying to make the state parks a little more safe.
It appears most of these sites were affiliated with drug trafficking organizations due to the large number of plants in each garden, the remote locations and the weapons found at some of the sites, Hanson said.
CAMP made 111 arrests during the season and seized 89 weapons, but for safety reasons, sheriff's deputies did not try to approach the sites before helicopters arrived, he said.
There are often armed suspects at the sites and shootings between police and the suspected growers occur every year, Hanson said. Four men were seen running from a garden near Weitchpec in late July as deputies were lowered from a helicopter.
It's a little too dangerous to sneak up on them, he said.
Hanson considers this year's campaign a success in Humboldt in the sense that no one was injured and many plants were eradicated. The Sheriff's Office will continue to raid gardens on public and private property within the county as they are able, he said.
Are there more gardens out there? Absolutely, Hanson said.
CAMP began in 1983 with a seizure of 64,579 plants statewide and it has continued to grow, according to the report. The campaign provides local agencies with equipment, security and resources to conduct raids during the marijuana growing season. This year, CAMP coordinated 665 raids in the state, 76 percent of which were on public lands.
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