OREGON—Authorities have seized eight tons of marijuana, 17,704 plants, four unlawfully obtained weapons, and a large cache of U.S. currency in an illegal growing operation linked to Chinese cartels.
The June 14 bust “had all the hallmarks of a cartel operation,” Sgt. Kent VanderKamp, detective, of the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team told The Epoch Times. “Guns. Intimidation. International money laundering.”
