HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) — A state cannabis task force seized thousands of marijuana plants from three locations in Hayward and detained 24 people for questioning on Thursday. The cannabis enforcement operation was led by California Department of Fish & Wildlife Cannabis Enforcement Program officers.
- 23986 Foley Street: Officers seized 3,947 marijuana plants.
- 23842 Cabot Boulevard: Officers seized 13,218 plants, as well as processed cannabis. Six people were detained.
- 2255 American Avenue: Eighteen people were detained as officers seized 2,968 plants.
Images shot by a witness at the Cabot Boulevard bust shows a dozen people sitting on a sidewalk next to task force officers.
“All three of these locations had foreign-labeled — illegal — pesticides, some of which were fumigant pesticides,” a CDFW spokesperson told KRON4.
The spokesperson did not say if any arrests were made.
Thursday’s enforcement operations were coordinated by the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force. Since California launched UCETF in 2022 to dismantle illicit cannabis markets, officers have seized more than $1.2 billion in illegal cannabis and served more than 670 search warrants across 36 counties. The task force’s duties are to “protect our environment, ensure public safety, and safeguard the legal cannabis industry from those who think the law doesn’t apply to them,” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office wrote…