3,000 Marijuana Plants Destroyed
Authorities chopped down and burned about 3,000 marijuana plants found growing in a remote area of the Angeles National Forest, a U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman said Friday.
The plants, valued at roughly $6 million, were discovered in three separate gardens spread over eight acres, said spokeswoman Randi Jorgensen. Two plots were located off Angeles Crest Highway and the other was in upper Big Tujunga Canyon.
Jorgensen said that marijuana farmers sometimes build elaborate irrigation systems in the forest to nurture their crops, piping water in from nearby streams. The Forest Service discovers about 10 such gardens a year, she added.
Officials from the Forest Service, the Glendora Police Department, and the statewide Campaign Against Marijuana Production joined forces Thursday to eradicate the plants.
No suspects have been arrested, Jorgensen said, but the investigation is continuing.
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