Illegal marijuana farms damage Mariposa County land, 2 arrested

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two radical were arrested aft implicit 3,000 amerciable marijuana plants were recovered connected 2 amerciable cultivation sites successful Mariposa County.

The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) reported this week that they deed 2 amerciable maturation sites successful the Greeley Hill area.

At 1 location, deputies study a stolen side-by-side, oregon inferior task vehicle, was recovered on with a skid steer astatine the different location. Ultimately, astir 3,600 marijuana plants were eradicated.

Investigators study determination was nary respect for the wood oregon waterways, arsenic monolithic holes were dug successful the country and the sites were riddled with trash; yet damaging the land.

As a result, deputies study a Modesto pistillate who was squatting astatine 1 of the sites was arrested on with a Stanislaus County antheral related to 1 of the amerciable turn operations.