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FORTUNA, Calif. -- Six people were arrested, assault rifles were seized and thousands of marijuana plants were uprooted Wednesday after a three-year investigation by a state drug task force uncovered a pot-trafficking ring.
Michelle Gregory, a California Department of Justice spokeswoman, said agents served 12 search warrants in Rio Dell, Fortuna and Bridgeville in Humboldt County, and in the cities of San Francisco and Sonoma.
Investigators from state and local law enforcement agencies found the plants, hundreds of pounds of processed pot, 44 weapons, high-capacity magazines, cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms and $74,000 in cash.
The pot was being sold illegally on the street throughout the United States, officials said.
"We have shut down an illegal, multi-state operation," California Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a statement.
