National Guard Joins DEA In California Desert To Bust Illicit Marijuana Grow
National Guard troops deployed to California to quell the anti-deportation riots were later mobilized to help federal agents bust dozens of illegal migrants working at illegal marijuana farms. The Drug Enforcement…
National Guard troops deployed to California to quell the anti-deportation riots were later mobilized to help federal agents bust dozens of illegal migrants working at illegal marijuana farms.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed that their agents, working in conjunction with multiple federal agency partners, arrested at least 70 illegal migrants allegedly working at multiple illegal marijuana farms in California’s Coachella Valley. National Guard troops assisted DEA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents in the massive raid.
The operation targeted three different illegal marijuana sites in Thermal, California, according to Anthony Chrysanthis, Deputy Special Agent in Charge for the DEA Los Angeles Field Division. Temperatures reached a scorching 112 degrees during the operation, and when federal agents executed the search warrant, they discovered padlocks holding two men inside a trailer.
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Another U.S. citizen was arrested for allegedly impeding law enforcement, according to the DEA.
“These operators were not planning on stopping,” Chrysanthis said of the individuals allegedly behind the marijuana farms. “Instead we saw evidence of additional construction.”
The DEA and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation