{"id":586101,"date":"2021-07-08T12:36:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586101"},"modified":"2021-07-08T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:36:28","slug":"los-angeles-authorities-seize-historic-amount-of-illegally-grown-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-authorities-seize-historic-amount-of-illegally-grown-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles authorities seize historic amount of illegally grown marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-authorities-seize-historic-amount-of-illegally-grown-marijuana%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2450470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2450470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Sept. 17, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva comments during a news conference at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:26 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, July 8, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department announced a historic illegal marijuana bust. On Wednesday, officials said in the past month authorities seized more than 16 tons of marijuana illegally grown outside of the city. The seizures totaled over $1 billion dollars in street value.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles county Sheriff\u2019 Alex Villaneuva said the illegal marijuana growing industry is rapidly increasing in size.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles County has seen a significant proliferation of illegal outdoor marijuana growths, especially in the Antelope Valley,\u201d he stated. \u201cMany of the groves have been directly connected to Mexico drug trafficking organization, and Asian and Armenian organized crime groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bust came five years after California voters passed Proposition 63, which allows legal growth possession and use of marijuana with certain restrictions. According to Villanueva, however, illegal marijuana growers are a grave threat to citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThreats by armed individuals against citizens living in close proximity to illegal marijuana groves and passerby\u2019s on public road ways near groves sites have occurred on a regular basis and are increasing in frequency,\u201d explained the Los Angeles sheriff.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sheriff Alex Villanueva and officials discuss the results of the largest Marijuana Eradication Operation of illegal Marijuana cultivations in the history of the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLAUYLWvd7\">https:\/\/t.co\/KLAUYLWvd7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LASDHQ\/status\/1412833420804182027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Villanueva said he wanted to send a clear message to the cartels by telling them \u201cwe\u2019re coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/linda-sarsour-takes-break-from-twitter-after-backlash-to-anti-israel-tweet\/\">Linda Sarsour Takes Break From Twitter After Backlash To Anti-Israel Tweet<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Sept. 17, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva comments during a news conference at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. 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