Illegal marijuana plants grow within covered hoop houses outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Illegal marijuana plants grow within covered hoop houses outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Hundreds of illegal marijuana grow sites are operating just outside working farms in Montague, Calif., on May 7, 2024. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
A section of illicit marijuana grow sites in California's Siskiyou County, on June 1, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Law enforcement officials gather evidence from an illegal marijuana farm outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Police officers seize an illegal marijuana grow operation outside Yreka, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Illegal marijuana plants grow within covered hoop houses outside of Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Deputies with the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office participate in an operation targeting illegal marijuana farms growing outside of Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Boots belonging to farm hands working on an illegal marijuana farm sit on a vehicle outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue holds a can used to release pesticides outside of Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Illegal marijuana plants grow within covered hoop houses outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Siskiyou County officials obtain evidence of pesticides being used at illegal marijuana farms outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Siskiyou County officials obtain evidence of pesticides being used at illegal marijuana farms outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Legal marijuana samples sit on display at a cannabis dispensary in Santa Ana, Calif., on Feb. 18, 2021. California's illicit marijuana products are still making their way into various licensed cannabis retailers, according to law enforcement officials. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Police officers begin to confiscate and destroy illegal marijuana plants growing outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue participates in marijuana enforcement operations outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Men wait as police officers investigate illegal marijuana farms outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Signs directing traffic to the city of Weed, Calif. are seen near illegal marijuana grow sites outside of Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Deputies with the Siskiyou County Sheriffs Department participate in an operation against illegal marijuana farms growing outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
