Police bust marijuana farm within sight of my house

[BigBird]

that makes me very sad inside

[YouD0nt]

what a shame, those cops need something better to do with their lives then chasing around ppl trying to make a living

[orangeman]

Too bad you didnt find it lol.

[Cooler Then Jesus]

"seized and destroyed more than 42,000 plants with a street value of $168 million."

i dont think you are going to get 4,000 dollars worth of bud from a single plant.

[Rain Man]

Shoot first and ask questions later? What's going to happen when everybody comes looking for you in the mountains? Growers aren't that dumb, they'll probably have the weed all covered up and tell you to get off they're property. Tell them you smell something 'skunky' and they'll either give you some to shut you up, tell you to fuck off, or beat your ass.

Seriously, though, why would anybody grow so much weed so close to town? They were asking to get caught.

[Fengzi]

Shoot first and ask questions later? What's going to happen when everybody comes looking for you in the mountains? Growers aren't that dumb, they'll probably have the weed all covered up and tell you to get off they're property. Tell them you smell something 'skunky' and they'll either give you some to shut you up, tell you to fuck off, or beat your ass.

Seriously, though, why would anybody grow so much weed so close to town? They were asking to get caught.

Don't be so naive Rain Man. You don't just cover up 11,000 plants. These are large scale commercial grows. A lot of money in and a lot more money out. Those guys don't fuck around. People tend to be pretty protective of $45million. Here's a link to one of last years busts
http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_217113636.html

As far as growing so close to town, it may only be a few miles as the crow flies but it might as well be hundreds. The Santa Cruz Mnts are very rugged and steep. It's a 20+ mile drive up bumpy mnt roads. Plus the locals living up there don't exactly welcome strangers. Actually it's the perfect place to grow. I'm sure every farm they bust there's 10 more waiting to supply the masses down below.

[Rain Man]

Hmm, I guess so, but it is still moronic to shoot at anybody who is close to your grow operation, it would draw way to much attention to the area you are growing in. It is even dumber to shoot at police like the folks in the article you just posted did, as if shooting at them will make them go away.

When I used to grow, I went deep into some woods, planted my seeds, and went back everyonce in a while to check on them. If they were ever found... Not my problem, my primarary form of defense was evasion, made sure the feds would never link it to me. Luckily, I didn't do it for long and I wasn't caught. If you are going to grow, the last thing you want to do is resort to violence when somebody discovers your spot, you better be able to get the hell out of there at the first sign of trouble.

It isn't the perfect place to grow, if it was the perfect place to grow they wouldn't have gotten caught. If I was growing that many plants, it would be at least be a few hundred miles from civilization.

[Sig]

Anyone with information about illegal indoor or outdoor marijuana gardens may call the sheriff's department's tip line at (408) 808-4420.

Lets all go to payphones (for anonymity) and call in pot gardens that dont exist and make them chase their fuckin tail for a few months. Outdoor places way out in the middle of no where. Not people's homes or anything.

[nevaquit01]

Someone would be hella pissed at you if you called in their farm as a joke and they actually had pot.

[crudemood]

Tell them to take that tip line and shove it................

they HAD to add the tip line. boo!