Pubdate: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA) Copyright: 2007 The Modesto Bee Contact: http://www.modbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/271 Author: Emilie Raguso Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Marijuana - California) AGENTS DESTROY MARIJUANA CROP Narcotics agents have destroyed the region's second multimillion-dollar marijuana crop in two weeks, officials said. More than 5,000 marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of $2 million, were destroyed Wednesday by the Tuolumne Narcotics Team and law enforcement officers from the U.S. Forest Service, according to Tuolumne Narcotics Team Commander Sgt. Scott Johnson. Officials found the marijuana garden outside Tuolumne City in the Cottonwood area of the Stanislaus National Forest. They have no suspects and will continue to investigate. Because of trash left at the site and the style of planting, Lt. Dan Bressler of the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office said the crop was likely a product of a Mexican drug trafficking organization. In June, neighboring Calaveras County sheriff's deputies removed more than 3,600 immature marijuana plants from a site in Glencoe. The crop could have been worth more than $9 million once mature, sheriff's officials said. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake