The largest county in the country has dealt with many illegal marijuana operations in past years, but as enforcement ramps up, immigrants are on the front lines.
A resident of a home is detained and led out of his home for questioning by an Operation Hammer Strike deputy with the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department as other deputies remove 316 pounds of marijuana found at the residence., an operation estimated to be worth over $8 million per year, according to Debevec. Indoor-grown cannabis is the best quality and sells for the highest price, he said.
"My best estimate is probably 97 to 98% of all of our indoor marijuana cultivations are run by Chinese nationals," Debevec told Fox News."Back in 2019, we got involved in a yearlong investigation where we were able to prove that Chinese nationals were bringing in money from China, purchasing houses in the Chino, Ontario area and turning them into marijuana cultivations."to purchase homes in San Bernardino County and convert them to illegal marijuana grow operations.
"I believe that there are Mexican cartels that are funding the marijuana grows," Debevec said."They're probably funneling the money up into California to purchase the property, to fund all the infrastructure for the marijuana grow, whether it be greenhouses, chemicals, generators, whatever it takes to run the operation."Still, Debevec said immigration is a"huge" issue when it comes to illegal cannabis growing operations.
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