US Seizes Over 100 Homes in Crackdown on Marijuana Operation, Tied to China-Based Gangs

US Seizes Over 100 Homes in Crackdown on Marijuana Operation, Tied to China-Based Gangs
A Syrian refugee working in a garage turned into a cannabis factory displays dry cannabis in the village of Yammouneh, located in the Bekaa Valley northeast of Beirut, on December 9, 2016. PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—U.S. law enforcement agencies seized over 100 homes in the Sacramento, California area this week in what the U.S. Justice Department said was part of a sweeping crackdown on a criminal marijuana-growing operation funded by China-based criminal groups.
In a two-day sweep that started on April 3, the Justice Department said hundreds of federal agents and local police executed search warrants at about 74 homes and two business offices believed to be used for marijuana-growing operations.