Exclusive look at San Bernardino County's push to stop illegal marijuana grow houses

Exclusive look at San Bernardino County's push to stop illegal marijuana grow houses

FOX 11 got an exclusive look at how San Bernardino Sheriff is stopping drug cartels in the area.

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50 Comments

  1. @emmiehong9062 on May 12, 2024 at 8:59 am

    This waste of law inforcer work waste tax dollars



  2. @privateprivate1865 on May 12, 2024 at 9:06 am

    What would happen if all drugs were legal?… I’m not exactly sure I’ve never existed in that type of environment before as a human being



  3. @thuggplugg5971 on May 12, 2024 at 9:07 am

    Fucx y’all San Bernardino ain’t got no jobs bro it’s really zombie land there fr and they just tryna make a living



  4. @slawekwojtowicz on May 12, 2024 at 9:08 am

    San Bernardino has completely corrupt government. Disgusting 🤮🤮🤮🤮



  5. @paulhailey2537 on May 12, 2024 at 9:12 am

    OVER TAXATION AND REGULATIONS ARE THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THIS AND IT’S BY DESIGN



  6. @jamesgilhooly1326 on May 12, 2024 at 9:12 am

    you do this in China they Kill ya,,,



  7. @kathyandersen8243 on May 12, 2024 at 9:14 am

    This country is going to pot.



  8. @hooplogic5989 on May 12, 2024 at 9:16 am

    There plants bruh go get the krazy shit



  9. @brandong9795 on May 12, 2024 at 9:16 am

    While weed is legal in California, these illegal grow operations are deeply hurting the high desert communities.
    -Water wells are drying up do to extreme usage for growing (wells cost an upwards of $20k to drill, most people cannot afford new ones)
    -Banned chemicals are being illegally imported and used on marijuana crops, leaving even enforcement officers with rashes
    -Many of these grows are illegally stealing power by bypassing meters
    -The majority of the water is illegally hauled via IBC totes hauled on trucks and trailers (high desert dirt roads are not standing up to the constant back and forth)
    -The majority of the grows are cartel linked, and are protected by weapons.
    -Land owners and recreators are being threatened at gun point for coming withing close proximity to some grows
    -There are no proper trash disposal locations for many of these sites since they are off-grid, the trash is thrown into the desert and blows around
    -Land is being squatted on, or purchased for way over the asking price and is raising prices for everything, the majority of those in the high desert are low income
    -Hundreds of travel trailers are being stolen and used as shelter, with their septic system being dumped into holes dug in the ground
    There are many, many more reasons why residents are very angry about these grows.



  10. @tibo2872 on May 12, 2024 at 9:19 am

    Hand cuffs on an old lady, really?



  11. @DonaldCowling-fw5vg on May 12, 2024 at 9:19 am

    A waste of taxpayers money



  12. @TomZart on May 12, 2024 at 9:20 am

    POT FARMER SONG *
    I got out my pipe and stuffed it with pot
    You better believe, it held a whole lot.
    I whipped out a lighter and thumbed up a flame
    Then sucked down that smoke which comforts my brain.

    I tried alcohol; and smoked cigarettes
    Though, they did nothing, but give me regrets.
    My mom had arthritis and couldn’t walk around
    When I rolled her a joint, she danced on the ground.

    I thought I was losing my lovemaking knack
    But, after I smoked some, to me it came back.
    Soon I decided prices were high
    So I searched for some ground I wouldn’t have to buy.

    I bargained for seeds from smokers all around
    Then, got in my truck and drove out of town.
    I walked through the woods where the wild birds nest
    And found me the meadow I thought was the best.

    I dug up the ground and sowed all my seeds
    Then said a small prayer for strong, healthy weeds.
    I watered at night with a five-gallon pail
    The mosquitoes went hungry for I wore a veil.

    Seven months went by; I thought I would die
    Till the Halloween moon was high in the sky.
    At night I went out, in my camouflage suit
    And used a corn knife to chop down the loot.

    I hung it up to dry where it couldn’t be found.
    Then came back and got it, when it had turned brown.
    I trimmed off the buds, and stuffed them in bags
    Called all my friends and passed out free drags.

    In less than a week my crop was gone
    But I flew to St. Thomas with a love hungry blonde!!

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  13. @stunnermane5775 on May 12, 2024 at 9:22 am

    Do they feel good? Do they think they are really hurting the drug dealers????? They just took work for from 30-50 people who needed it…. cops feel bad ass….. sad



  14. @nomad90125 on May 12, 2024 at 9:23 am

    Why don’t you focus more on government illicit earnings.
    Oh, sorry, your not allowed.



  15. @stellarlivingstoned on May 12, 2024 at 9:23 am

    I only saw 1 Spanish speaker… why bring up Mexico. These are Asians



  16. @nathanscruggs5274 on May 12, 2024 at 9:23 am

    and they use piosion



  17. @joeherrera9575 on May 12, 2024 at 9:24 am

    Meanwhile cocaine and crystal meth flood our streets



  18. @davidlee9411 on May 12, 2024 at 9:24 am

    Laughed so hard when she showed the living conditions. Looks like a regular living area with some trim buckets inside. Blankets folded up and floor is clean.



  19. @kyle9508 on May 12, 2024 at 9:25 am

    Yall need to chill let people grow smoke make few bucks I’m sure so many are hurt an inconvenienced from it



  20. @felonmastermason6073 on May 12, 2024 at 9:27 am

    Johnny hempseed went all around California planting marijuana so frivolously



  21. @Bert439 on May 12, 2024 at 9:27 am

    Needs to be tilted Police break up human trafficking encampment.



  22. @ronaldfuller970 on May 12, 2024 at 9:27 am

    They are fighting weed growers. Oh my God. They are not worried about those people health. This about the federal and state government can’t get there cut. If it was hard drugs then you raid and report that. 😲



  23. @ailyyang5982 on May 12, 2024 at 9:27 am

    Make it legally and pay taxes because they will turn around and do it again. Somehow the law is only targeting the small fish and let the high fish free.



  24. @nikkibb1998 on May 12, 2024 at 9:29 am

    This is such a waste of time. Oh no the devil’s lettuce



  25. @PotTVNetwork on May 12, 2024 at 9:29 am

    Free the weed. Free the people.



  26. @Namedeeznuts on May 12, 2024 at 9:29 am

    Do something about the people shitting in the street and robbing people. Can’t even protect yourself… the uneducated unintelligent are the ones telling us what we can and can’t do.



  27. @kimjongun9926 on May 12, 2024 at 9:30 am

    1000 a lb ? Shit they like 700 now



  28. @moo1388 on May 12, 2024 at 9:30 am

    So what, leave em alone! At least the product has some economic benefit to the US.



  29. @562sela9 on May 12, 2024 at 9:31 am

    Wow these weed growers are so dangerous omg! Yea right it’s a fucking plant leave these people alone an go put ny taxes towards all the people cooking meth an heroin! Who cares about pot



  30. @danielverma7300 on May 12, 2024 at 9:32 am

    You drove jobs and industry out of San Bernardino county decades ago. Now people have to grow marijuana to survive if not leave the state which many people are doing.



  31. @Ap_twsh on May 12, 2024 at 9:33 am

    GOOD a lot of these are drug cartels and deserve to be destroyed. hope the sheriff can get rid of that prop which reduces the penalty for this. Legal weed doesn’t mean unregulated weed – to all the people that support this.



  32. @LK-sy4qv on May 12, 2024 at 9:34 am

    Dangerous operations unless you get a license from the govt.



  33. @henrymartyn on May 12, 2024 at 9:34 am

    Don’t complain if you voted Democrat



  34. @SneakS847TV on May 12, 2024 at 9:36 am

    Thier driving it out thier county that place probably boring anyway drive everyone out there leave them to themselves not even busting real criminals



  35. @TheRoamingHazard on May 12, 2024 at 9:36 am

    This segment did a real shit job in showing the actual destruction these operations cause. The amount of destroyeded habitat and trash these places generate is unbelievable. It’s not the product that’s the issue but all the criminal and environmental damage caused to get it. Also the fact that this is happening in desert terrain makes it less obvious but it’s a dry climate version of slash and burn.



  36. @michaeloleary9130 on May 12, 2024 at 9:38 am

    1000 a LB LOL those are 4-5 hundred MAX these days



  37. @user-eh2cc7ne9o on May 12, 2024 at 9:40 am

    They took all the weed to resold them at stores👎🤣🤣😂😂



  38. @califawalden8296 on May 12, 2024 at 9:40 am

    BS. It’s the poor people in the desert trying to earn a living.



  39. @cathino on May 12, 2024 at 9:41 am

    All that hard work and costs for misdemeanor’s



  40. @devenwithtwoes5856 on May 12, 2024 at 9:43 am

    Looks like an honest business. And it’s a permit issue at best .



  41. @slawekwojtowicz on May 12, 2024 at 9:44 am

    A plant cannot be illegal. Cannabis is a plant sacred to Humanity. Governments that criminalize it are ILLEGAL and ILLEGiTIMITE. Period.



  42. @charles17508 on May 12, 2024 at 9:44 am

    fuck them God dam fucking up the money for American growers



  43. @Freddyniners on May 12, 2024 at 9:48 am

    Sounds like Marcelo Rola in Monterey CA



  44. @DropDatBass on May 12, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Whoever operated this sting is lame as hell for this. My money should go to better causes.



  45. @gracelee4742 on May 12, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Grateful for the San Bernardino Sheriff’s dept for their efforts and agree with them 100%. We have a neighbor that is an illegal marijuana grower and they were raided a few weeks ago. Stench from the illegal growth was getting unbearable. Also, random people in/out of the property, aggressive dogs loose, flashing lights into our property in middle of the night, constant surveillance of our property so they can see who is coming and threatening actions towards us when tending to our own property borders. No septic so they defecate on the hill in buckets in plain view….it has been a nightmare. No business license and in an illegal grow area. Why don’t they go to areas where it is legal and pay their dues for running a business? Why are they ruining quiet residential neighborhoods?



  46. @shmoney8948 on May 12, 2024 at 9:49 am

    That shit all god bud rot and spider mites lmao



  47. @privateprivate1865 on May 12, 2024 at 9:50 am

    Legalize It and that’s it.



  48. @93647NSO14 on May 12, 2024 at 9:53 am

    Those trimmers have sharp scissors… mad criminals smh 🤦



  49. @realinthafield4508 on May 12, 2024 at 9:54 am

    Wanna arrest people hiding in the desert but wont arrest robbers an killers in los angeles



  50. @jasonleger4797 on May 12, 2024 at 9:54 am

    BIDENS open border America…