Epoch Times - Sheriff Tells How Cartels Take Over California Remote County #californiainsider #cartel
Aired: 2023-10-27
Duration: 00:46

[00:00:00]  You guys have an issue with the illegal growers in your county, right?
[00:00:03]  That's right.
[00:00:04]  We're inundated with illegal marijuana growers.
[00:00:06]  It started small in about 2015.
[00:00:09]  About 100 people came to Siskiyou County from some of the other states surrounding there.
[00:00:14]  Before long, it multiplied.
[00:00:16]  People came from all over California and also other parts of the country to set up these illegal groves.
[00:00:22]  Right now, our marijuana eradication team is two people.
[00:00:26]  We call it whack-a-mole because that's literally how it feels.
[00:00:29]  We'll go and eradicate.
[00:00:30]  We'll spend a lot of time and effort to do the right thing and to get things cleaned up.
[00:00:33]  We'll fly a drone over the next day, and there's people back at work.
[00:00:36]  You can recite them all day, but the laws are written so poorly, there are no consequences.
[00:00:41]  When you are part of a criminal industry and have so much money, the $500 fines aren't going to matter.