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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Thousands of pounds and plants of amerciable cannabis worthy astir $123 cardinal was seized during a caller multi-county cognition successful the Central Valley, California officials said Tuesday.
Law enforcement officials said it is the largest ever cannabis eradication cognition that spanned 3 counties, including Kern, Tulare and Kings counties during the week of May 5. Dozens of warrants were served and aggregate radical were arrested. Nine firearms were seized, officials said successful a statement.
“Let this beryllium a reminder to each who turn cannabis illegally: we won’t tolerate the undermining of our ineligible manufacture and impacts to our environment," Gov. Gavin Newsom said successful a statement. "I admit the multi-agency, cross-county efforts to instrumentality connected the illicit market.”
Courtesy: Unified Cannabis Eradication Task Force 
Courtesy: Unified Cannabis Eradication Task Force 
Courtesy: Unified Cannabis Eradication Task Force Officials said, successful all, agents seized 105,700 amerciable cannabis plants, 22,057 pounds of "processed cannabis" worthy $123.5 million.
“This cognition sends a wide message: California volition not tolerate illicit cannabis enactment that threatens nationalist safety, the environment, and the integrity of the ineligible market,” manager astatine the Department of Cannabis Control, Nicole Elliott, said.
The cognition included officers and officials from aggregate section and authorities agencies including the Kern, Kings and Tulare sheriff's offices, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the California National Guard and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
“This cognition represents the powerfulness of collaboration crossed agencies with a shared committedness to protecting our earthy resources and preserving the integrity of California’s ineligible cannabis market,” California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton H. Bonham said.
“The standard of this historical effort -- and its occurrence -- would not person been imaginable without the dedication and coordination of each bureau involved.”
Officials person credited the state's Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force successful eliminating $650 cardinal successful amerciable cannabis, destroying 800,000 amerciable plants and seizing implicit $1 cardinal successful currency during raids since 2022.
