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Indoor .Marijuana Gardens <br />According to a California D.O.J. Intelligence report dated November 2006 (Vol.. 71) the <br />number of indoor Marijuana gardens has increased 49% from 2004 to 2005 with Asian <br />Organized Crime groups dominating the indoor marijuana gardens, while Mexican <br />nationals dominate the outdoor gardens. Homes are being used for the sole purpose of <br />cultivating marijuana. Indoor marijuana gardens are more profitable due to the climate <br />controlled. conditions which yield three to four harvests a year and are more easily <br />concealed than outdoor grows. "It is suspected more criminal organizations will become <br />involved with indoor marijuana gardens due to the minimal risks and. huge profits." <br />Good year for bud busts most marijuana seized in S.B. County in past 15 years <br />By Melissa Pinion-Whitt, Staff Writer <br />Article Launched: 12/26/2006 12:00:00 AM PST <br />The Sheriffs Department found and removed more than 97,000 plants, the most since <br />].991. The county also ranked fifth in the state for plants seized with the assistance of a <br />state eradication group...... Law-enforcement officers assigned to marijuana farms say <br />the county's high raiilcing this year is due to more and more growers discovering the San <br />Bernardino National Farest is ideal for concealing their lucrative enterprises......The <br />Department of Justice said 2006 was arecord-setting year for pot plant seizures, with. 1.7 <br />million plants removed mostly from public lands such as state and national parks and <br />forests. That's an increase of about 540,000 plants over 2005. The plants were worth an <br />estimated $6.7 billion. The department's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting, or <br />CAMP program, conducted 477 raids in 34 counties during the growing season, which <br />typically starts in late July and ends as late as November, depending on the weather. <br />Marijuana seizures in 2006 under the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting <br />Total plants seized: 1,675,681. <br />Estimated value: $6.7 billion <br />Raids: 477 <br />Arrests: 27 <br />Weapons seized: 29 <br />1. Lake - 314,603 6. Riverside - 84,752 <br />2. Shasta - 227,488 7. Sonoma - 73,460 <br />3. Mendocino - 135,736 8. Trinity - 68,544 <br />4. Fresno - 102,814 9. Humboldt - 59,616 <br />5. San Bernardino - 91,286 10. Santa Clara - 52,416 <br />Source: htt~://www.dailybulletin.com/newslci_4901173 <br />Marijuana crop ruins iVlt. Diablo's rare plants <br />By Denis Cuff CONTRA COSTA TIMES <br />In their most. recent trashing of California's environment, pot growers destroyed rare <br />plants on Mount Diablo land that conservationists are buying to protect fragile wildlife <br />and plants. The growers sneaked onto the 208-acre ranch land in the hills above Concord <br />to hack an opening in a thicket of desert olive, the group Save Mount Diablo said. <br />75A-81 <br />