CAMP Just flew over

[OrganicOzarks]

So I don't do outdoor, but I was doing some indoor gardening, and guess who was hovering when I opened the door to come back inside? Good ol' CAMP. Scared the shit out of me. So I grabbed my camera, and tried to get a pick, but by the time I got it in focus, they were gone. I am going to go change my shorts now.

 

[Sam the Caveman]

did you give them the one finger hand wave?

 

[SunshineDreams]

I'm not very knowledgeable so I hope I don't get jumped on for asking this. I figure it has to do with law enforcement but what is CAMP?

 

[Milhouse]

I think Campaign Against Marijuana Planting.

 

[huligun]

Mendocino Marijuana Raid: 'Operation Full Court Press' Seizes 632,000 Marijuana Plants

UKIAH, Calif. -- An estimated $800 million worth of marijuana has been seized following a massive raid on illegal grows on public lands deep in Northern California's pot country, authorities said Tuesday.

The three-week effort, known as Operation Full Court Press, to purge the Mendocino National Forest of illegal gardens, seized more than 632,000 marijuana plants. The operation also led to 132 people being arrested as 118 were booked on federal and state charges and 14 were detained on immigration violations.

Several Mexican-based drug trafficking organizations were behind the illegal grows, Department of Justice spokeswoman Michelle Gregory said.

In previous years, officials have blamed Mexican drug cartels for some of the state's largest growing operations, but Gregory stopped short of making that claim.

"We've been looking at all of these groups for several years," Gregory said. "We're continuously trying to figure out who these guys are and their ties."

The nearly $800 million in marijuana plants seized is a conservative estimate, said John Heil, a regional spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service. The amount is based on a street value of marijuana being worth about $2,500 per pound, Heil said.

Authorities have said a focus on the Mendocino National Forest this year stemmed from citizen complaints a year ago about an increasing number of confrontations with armed guards protecting pot grows.

The 1,400-square-mile forest covers six counties in a region of mountains and forests known as the Emerald Triangle due to its high concentration of pot farms.

Officials said that the latest raids also seized nearly 2,000 pounds of processed marijuana, 38 guns and 20 vehicles. Agents also removed trash and chemicals as well as about 40 miles of irrigation line that damage forestland and waterways.

"It has been very successful operation for all of the agencies involved," Heil said. "We tried to hit an area that seems to have a significant problem."

The operation conducted by local, state and federal agencies was part of an annual summer effort to eradicate marijuana from public lands across the state.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...il&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily Brief

 

[Bobby Stainless]

Cops Are Mostly Pussies.

Cops Antagonizing Medical Patients.

 

[stoney-trees]

fuck pork choppers

 

[ak-51]

Mendocino Marijuana Raid: 'Operation Full Court Press' Seizes 632,000 Marijuana Plants ....

Seems like police just busting up Mexican grows. I don't know how slanted that story is and I have no idea how prevalent cartel grows are around there. I'm sure they weren't all Mexican cartel grows. I don't like the idea of armed henchmen skulking around national forests though. The national forests are for the public to enjoy, not for:
1. Individuals to base their business out of, regardless of what kind of business that is
2. Mexican gangster shit; grow your schwag weed back in Mexico, assholes!

 

[dramamine]

Well, Mexicans were living and growing weed in Cali long before it was Cali. I mean, we stole it fair and square, but still...

 

[GeorgeSmiley]

Cocksuckers After My Pot

 

[Endur]

Crooked Ass Marijuana Pirates

 

[IwannatokeNbone]

feds= mooches who dont know there place, im all for a home depot lobby being started in washington, we need something for all are useless military to do once they pack up there shit and grow up and stop stealing others peoples futures, we seem to have a opium lobby why not a home depot one?

 

[nomaad]

CAMP is not federal. Its a state entity and the Governor just oulled their funding for next year. Who knows what will happen...

You never know... the Governor might have pulled their funding with assurances that the funding would be picked up by the feds next year.

I'd be surprised to see many less helicopter hours flown vs. the plant next year in California.

Anyhow... there's a lot of other folks in Helos besides CAMP. Sure it wasn't just PG&E checking the power lines?

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

xXx

 

[Strainhunter]

C'mon guys...CAMP is just a harmless Owl.