California sheriff warns of cartels amid accusations of overstepping authority in tribal land cannabis raids

A Northern California sheriff is speaking out after a Native American tribe accused him of overstepping his authority when his office conducted raids on cannabis farms on tribal land last year amid his warning that drug cartel organizations had a “toehold” in the area.

Mendocino County Sheriff Matthew Kendall told Fox News Digital his office has received pleas from tribal members asking for action to combat illegal cannabis farms as well as crime on the reservation. Kendall said most of his office’s raids were not on tribal land…

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