$10M Cash, 100K Plants Seized in East Bay Illegal Marijuana Operation: Sheriff

$10M Cash, 100K Plants Seized in East Bay Illegal Marijuana Operation: Sheriff

A drug operation was snuffed out Wednesday, after detectives from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office served search warrants in the East Bay and found one of the largest illegal marijuana growing operations in California. Melissa Colorado reports.

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50 Comments

  1. J B on May 22, 2022 at 12:03 am

    They should’ve wash that money and invested it instead of having it laying around



  2. J Toler on May 22, 2022 at 12:04 am

    Omg obviously they was doing good@!! The sheriff just wanted the Rolexes



  3. Joseph Smith on May 22, 2022 at 12:05 am

    California is Rich… We have so much wealth.. and we also have the highest numbers in homeless



  4. Donkeyno9 on May 22, 2022 at 12:05 am

    12 hours after the permit expires



  5. melvin Edwards on May 22, 2022 at 12:05 am

    Waste of tax money.



  6. E. joe joseph Griego on May 22, 2022 at 12:07 am

    ILLGAL BUST; AKA SELL SPEED BY MAKING BREAKING BAD , NOW THE HEART OF DRUG TRAFFICING , MAKE A MOVE FOR ADVERTIZING PROMOTEING SALES AND DISTRUTION OF THE CITYS DEA’S , WHO ALLSO GET A BIG CHECK FROM SALES MANUFACTING MOVIE DRUGS MADE LEAGALE TO , BREAKING BAD A CITY OF MYTH. THE HEART OF AMERICA , LETS GO SEE A MOVIE FOR OUR CHILDRENS WORLD . IDIOTS FUCKED UP HUMAN BEINGS



  7. Indica Moon on May 22, 2022 at 12:07 am

    Man I swear all cops want to do is take shit for their own self that’s what this is all about



  8. Jay Will on May 22, 2022 at 12:12 am

    Lol u need dozens of rolexes to Kno what time to check the ph



  9. Josh Stevens on May 22, 2022 at 12:13 am

    They mad ant making that money



  10. Gloria Williams on May 22, 2022 at 12:15 am

    Wow dammmm kiloooooo kingggpennnn



  11. Michael Dearborn on May 22, 2022 at 12:15 am

    Probably all shitty pot anyway.



  12. The Living Journey on May 22, 2022 at 12:16 am

    meanwhile the cops wifes arehome doing cocoain



  13. Thomas Cotton on May 22, 2022 at 12:17 am

    It’s a good thing they took those HPS and mh lights LEDs are so much more efficient and effective.



  14. travis cotton on May 22, 2022 at 12:17 am

    Its entertaining how serious they took this ^.^ Just the expressions of disappointment were golden, and then some people cant make a taco



  15. The Roaming Hazard on May 22, 2022 at 12:17 am

    I’m sorry but I hardly see ANY environmental impact compared to illegal outdoor grow operations. Did they bulldoze land and destroy natural habitat? Are they stealing water and power? Are they using illegal rodenticides and pesticides that seep into ground water? Are those said poisons killing wildlife and pets? Are neighbors being harrased and threatened with violence? Are acres upon acres of trash left behind in outdoor areas? These are a waste of time compared to stopping outdoor grows.



  16. RosinZombie 420 on May 22, 2022 at 12:18 am

    How did they make it that long using that kind of electricity in the first place?



  17. Jack Frost on May 22, 2022 at 12:18 am

    It’s called drugs when they don’t like it lol



  18. Markus Rennelius on May 22, 2022 at 12:18 am

    Now Lock up that Murderer Baldwin



  19. Val Hollywood on May 22, 2022 at 12:18 am

    Why not put these resources toward finding, catching..& jailing child predators instead? What a waste-



  20. James Johnson on May 22, 2022 at 12:18 am

    comments look so different when they didnt mention the workers are chinese



  21. Kalvin Thomas on May 22, 2022 at 12:19 am

    Boooooo



  22. Ray Castro on May 22, 2022 at 12:20 am

    Those🐷 are a bunch of thieves



  23. mark rouse on May 22, 2022 at 12:20 am

    In a upcoming episode of dumb criminals we present…… If your dumb enough to leave 10 million around maybe a life of crime was not for you. God help them if there is any record of the product crossing into another state.



  24. 11 11 on May 22, 2022 at 12:23 am

    Big pharma again using the politicians and police to control the virtues of Americans. Big pharma the same ones whom poisoned the planet and tried to genocide humanity. Yep more corruption in state government and local police assist in protecting Big pharma newly built drug industry. Big parodied into Ukrainian bioweapons labs used to develop the virus used to control humanity. So the local state government and police are all getting kick backs. Yep the Marijuana industry is even more corrupt than you all thought. Follow the corrupted Big pharma money and see them lining the pockets of dirty politicians and cops. Now they are selling drugs for big pharma. Moved from selling crack to pushing weed plants to your grandmamma for her glaucoma. And the whole time the fertilizers they used for Big buds is full of carcinogens to kill you faster. Yep out to kill humans as fast as they can freemasonic trash as always destroying the freedoms of human beings in America. Guess it’s time to get the freemasonic foundations locked up for good since you all are tied into human trafficking foundations and organizations.



  25. sebin kollam on May 22, 2022 at 12:25 am

    Spd gvmnt



  26. Growing with Part Time Planting on May 22, 2022 at 12:25 am

    Was it pgr weed?



  27. Mikey 5000 on May 22, 2022 at 12:31 am

    Less government greed and you won’t have these huge grow ops growing illegally. They tax the hell out of legal cannabis farmers and distributors. The continued high taxes keep a black market. Just sayin



  28. David Terrell on May 22, 2022 at 12:32 am

    So all the water and energy used is now subsequently going to waste.



  29. Edward on May 22, 2022 at 12:34 am

    This is just sad, sad, sad…. greed? My ass. The greed is from authorities because they are not getting their cut.



  30. Igor Marinkovic on May 22, 2022 at 12:34 am

    sheep news !!!! like many other…. cmon …



  31. MetaMatrix club on May 22, 2022 at 12:37 am

    Energy has to be used. its hydroponics. it uses little water.



  32. Carey James Majeski on May 22, 2022 at 12:38 am

    The arbitrarity is staggering. These “modern day bootleggers” are running the exact same thing that all the giant corporate grows are. They are growing plants, like any nursery. Yet, the journalists and cops snap into character to help justify attacking people. “Greed,” they say? What about Amazon? Bezos is stealing livelihoods so he can be the richest person on earth. How about the massive grows in Michigan, arizona, etc? The authorities have nothing to say, and the journalists can only celebrate how thousands of possible small businesses are stolen or prevented by these massive “legal” outfits. But let’s all pretend that the people running this other “illegal” operation are somehow “bad guys” that we want to harm. How can an adult be so irrational? How can these cops feel justified attacking one giant grow while driving right past another? Because they are monsters. They are predators. They are happy to make their living destroying others. So fuck all these cops and these fuck face journalists. I hope one day they get to feel what it’s like to be attacked and have your life ripped from beneath you. I hope they push someone too far and get what’s coming to them. There are no innocent cops or propagandists. These journalist are playing their role to demonize and justify the attack of otherwise normal, innocent people. How very third reich! If I had my way, I would cast you all into the flames so you can pay for your real crimes, you sick, life-hating fucks!



  33. Jeff N Garden on May 22, 2022 at 12:38 am

    Wtf🤭👨🏽‍🌾🙃



  34. Kiyomi Heinrich on May 22, 2022 at 12:40 am

    there is NO water shortage!!!! libs are monopolizing the water….. and they let it all go into the ocean….. NO HUMANS!!!!



  35. Wander With Intent on May 22, 2022 at 12:40 am

    Such toads!



  36. Akil the mc is Tupac deceived on May 22, 2022 at 12:40 am

    No way without some officials involved with that will they even get it running.



  37. the star of all stars champion of herb and peace on May 22, 2022 at 12:41 am

    Fuck the law



  38. Nanda Holz on May 22, 2022 at 12:43 am

    So if there was an identical operation behind the wall of this one, and they had permits, that makes everything allllll right? Just fine them what they owe with some penalties and fastrak a permit?



  39. Notyouagain on May 22, 2022 at 12:47 am

    Exactly Pure Greed because the Greedy local government didn’t get their cut . Imagine if citizens got together and went after the politicians with a task force for not giving them a share of their shady back room deals we would see politicians dragged into the streets and all their things seized buy the community



  40. christopher munton on May 22, 2022 at 12:50 am

    A tear rolled down my cheek 😢 as I watched them hacking those beutiful girls down with a chainsaw. They must have been about 3 – 4 weeks into their flower cycle too. An absolute waste, so, so sad.



  41. sneakygrimlin on May 22, 2022 at 12:51 am

    Sitting here like 100,000 plants is only worth 10 million that can’t be right thought it was worth way more 🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️



  42. Growing with Part Time Planting on May 22, 2022 at 12:53 am

    Oh really so legal ones are environmentally friendly you stupid journalists, gov puppets towing the line, if this was medical shame on you for destroying it.



  43. fatallyyrs27 on May 22, 2022 at 12:54 am

    conform or be subjugated… that’s the message i took out of this. i remember a tale that started out like that… i think it was around the year 1776?



  44. John Smith on May 22, 2022 at 12:56 am

    100% EMPLOYEE SATASFACTION: I bet you there is not one unhappy employee. I’ll even bet you they want their jobs back and dread the "gig economy".



  45. Pak and Afghan cannabis seeds on May 22, 2022 at 12:57 am

    I have a lot of Afghan Landress seeds. We try to get these seeds to Europe and America



  46. Ricky Thomas on May 22, 2022 at 12:57 am

    Great job guys you just took needed medicine from thousands.



  47. Freddy on May 22, 2022 at 12:57 am

    Sounds like Marcelo Rola in Monterey CA



  48. Elevated Emotions on May 22, 2022 at 1:00 am

    Go find some real criminals



  49. Gokush Kameha-ha-ha on May 22, 2022 at 1:01 am

    *did they pay taxes on that seized property????*



  50. Stu Unger on May 22, 2022 at 1:01 am

    Don’t forget to tip your budtender 💰