California governor Gavin Newsom’s recently established Unified Enforcement Task Force (UCETF) in an effort to crack down on illegal marijuana operations, which have been an ongoing problem in the state for a while now. Guided by the Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) Law Enforcement Division and Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) the task force eradicated 11,260 illegal cannabis plants in the rural area of Jupiter in Tuolumne County on October 4, according to a report from the governor’s office.
In addition to more than eleven thousand cannabis plants, the task force destroyed 5,237lbs. of illegally processed marijuana flower. In total, the operation eradicated more than $15 million worth of illicit cannabis, per DCC data DCC.
