40,000 pot plants found near Markleeville
Marijuana plants with a street value of $30 million were uncovered south of Markleeville last week.
Alpine County sheriff’s officials believe the nearly 40,000 plants were part of a Mexican cartel grow.
U.S. Forest Service employees worked with deputies to rid the drainages and ridges of the plants.
Can someone help make sense out of this for me?
How does a Mexican drug cartel operate out of Markleeville?
I am having trouble understanding that. Does someone from Mexico fund the operation? Does the harvest end up in SLT’s cooperatives? How does it impact SLT residents, or does it at all?
Markleville is a small town, but I would think not that remote to be growing 40k plants, and expect that no one will find out, and on top of it, it’s some criminal gang from another country.
Hang it. Dry it. Tax it then sell it. CA needs the $$$.
If brand new 2 bedroom houses with at least 1 bathroom and a kitchen start at around $20K in Mexico,and they sold the weed for $5 million (of a total operation of $30 million street value), then every laborer got around $20k, most likely almost a seemingly endless pool of job seekers from Latin America.