Convoy of Cannabis Catchers Cruising (‘It’s a Joint Operation’)

Berry summit vista with convoy

Convoy gathering at Vista Point off Hwy 299 this morning. [Image from Caltrans traffic cam]

This morning a convoy of law enforcement vehicles gathered at the Vista Point off 299. With them was a chipper which is frequently used to munch marijuana plants into mulch.

According to Samantha Karges of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department, “We will be performing search warrants all week with Fish and Wildlife, some warrants are ours, and some are theirs. It’s a joint operation.”

Berry summit vista with convoy Berry summit vista with convoy gone

By 7:30 a.m. the convoy had left the gathering spot and headed east.

Monday, a similar convoy headed into northern Humboldt County. A press release issued by the Humboldt County Sheriff noted a number of agencies involved including the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit and wardens with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The agencies involved served warrants on three parcels which, according to the press release, were not “in the process of actively obtaining a commercial cannabis permit with the County of Humboldt.”

Tuesday, there was a similar operation that we just learned about. Karges said that more information on this will be released later today.

 

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Guest
guest
5 years ago

When are they getting out to the Mattole to clean up Dutyville and Panther Gap?

Yokohama HWY rider
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Yokohama HWY rider
5 years ago
Reply to  guest

Complaint driven, pick up the phone and make the call. Complaining on a blog doesn’t cut the mustard.

guest
Guest
guest
5 years ago

private citizens “complained” about all the grows being raided this week?

Yokohama HWY rider
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Yokohama HWY rider
5 years ago
Reply to  guest

That is the case for my neighborhood – cant confirm about “all the grows raided this week”.
Do you want the #?

General Bratt
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General Bratt
5 years ago

“It’s a joint operation.” at least the Public Information Specialist at Humboldt County Sheriff Office has a sense of humor. Shut it down, bury the hatch, sell the land and dispose of him.

I like stars too!
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I like stars too!
5 years ago
Reply to  General Bratt

A joint operation…

Cute.

Pt
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Pt
5 years ago

Great job informing criminals of law enforcement raids kym.

♡♡
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♡♡
5 years ago
Reply to  Pt

Don’t read her site then.
You obviously dont understand our sub-culture. Nor do you sound concerned with valuing our rights as citizens.
Kym rocks!!!!!

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  ♡♡

Well said.

dogglife
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dogglife
5 years ago
Reply to  Pt

Your right Pt Kym is doing a great job! I’m sure her reporting is making some illegal grows come to the conclusion that they need to get compliant or hit the bricks because its not worth it anymore.

Wiok tribe
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Wiok tribe
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I love how you make cute of something inherently scary and militaristic. Meanwhile, a black man with no priors just spendd 15 months in jail for a gram and hakf of weed. Glad you think you’re a cute baby boomer whos famiky is now “legal” so you’re upstanding. Stop please.

Free?
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Free?
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I’m not losing sleep either, I just think it’d be more respectable if you did straight forward news like when you do fires or road conditions. It’s just making fun of something maybe you don’t like or agree with.. just seems silly even though you will do what you will. Grateful for the fire and road info, but the pot stories are so sensationalized. And you don’t like the word “wook” but you make light when there are people losing their freedom over a plant. Just a thought.

WC 666
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WC 666
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Any citizen who is living a legal life should never fear the sound of a helicopter. Why would you be living in fear?

That sauce
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That sauce
5 years ago
Reply to  WC 666

Guessing you moved here a while after the 80s then. CAMP and helicopter fear is something that is gained from living in humboldt since the early days. Regardless if your law abiding or not.

Taurusballzhoff
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Taurusballzhoff
5 years ago
Reply to  WC 666

Be nice please! No one cares how long the neighbors have been here, and, some were born now, while others were born earlier. Everyone’s experience is valid, applicable, and unique.

Kym is doing a remarkable and fine job with her site! Please enjoy it responsibly, and be respectful when you are speaking to her!

If you don’t like something about RHBB, you are welcome to start your own news site! Thank you so very much for your kind consideration.

Orange Sunshine
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Orange Sunshine
5 years ago

The only way to eliminate illegal grows is to legalize cannabis nationwide.

I like stars too!
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I like stars too!
5 years ago

The best way to solve this problem is for everyone to give away their excess flowers, and for all pot growers to love the earth and quit trying to make a fortune by growing pot.

GROW CLEAN, GROW LIGHTLY! DON’T USE CHEMICALS OR TRASH YOUR SITE!

DON’T BUY OR DISTRIBUTE BLACK MARKET WEED!

GET THE MONEY OUT OF CANNABIS AND THE HARM WILL END.

CoveTroll
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CoveTroll
5 years ago

Lmao. Really? It’s a drug. There will ALWAYS be a black market and illegal grows! Period

TQM
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TQM
5 years ago

I love the title!

The Entropic Empath
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The Entropic Empath
5 years ago

(Dave Clark / Lenny Davidson)

Here they come again, mmmm-mm-mm
Catch us if you can, mmmm-mm-mm
Time to get a move on, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

Now we gotta run, mmmm-mm-mm
No more time for fun, mmmm-mm-mm
When we’re gettin’ angry, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

—— Harmonica ——

Here they come again, mmmm-mm-mm
Catch us if you can, mmmm-mm-mm
Time to get a move on, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

I predict another ton or two of pot mulch.

Get permitted, grow clean and legal!

☮
Guest
5 years ago

How much does 50lbs of pot much sell for?

The Entropic Empath
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The Entropic Empath
5 years ago
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About $100.00… After it’s shredded.

Jack Holt
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Jack Holt
5 years ago

Yes boss, yes boss, yes boss, yes boss…

Police in helicopter, a search fi marijuana
Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
Soldiers in the field, burnin the collie weed
But if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
Soldier in the herb field, burnin the collie weed
Police in helicopter, a search fi marijuana
Police man in the streets, searching fi collie weed
But if you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
If you continue to burn up the herbs, we gonna burn down the cane fields
Ohh…

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  Jack Holt

BIG BLUNTS 2 MAHN!

This is only a guest
Guest
This is only a guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Jack Holt

We don’t trouble your bananas we don’t trouble your corn!

Lefty 4 life
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Lefty 4 life
5 years ago

Mass exodus of hoop houses in my neighborhood. 10 day notices went out late last week!!

Anon
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Anon
5 years ago
Reply to  Lefty 4 life

Under the cover of darkness , like the good old days . Too bad the price per pound hardly justifies the Herculean effort.

Vacated today, what keeps them from reloading in 2 weeks?

holt
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holt
5 years ago
Reply to  Lefty 4 life

Oh, how I do wish this will happen soon in my once beautiful neighborhood! Out with the vermin. How these parasites are getting away with what they are doing right alongside a well traveled county road is disheartening.

owl
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owl
5 years ago
Reply to  Lefty 4 life

‘Whooo..’

10 day notices from who?

Scooter
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Scooter
5 years ago
Reply to  owl

Hum Co Planning Dept is issuing abatement notices, after 10 days it is $10,000 per day. Over 120 this year. Remove the weed, the structures, the unpermitted buildings, and all the rest.

I like stars
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I like stars
5 years ago
Reply to  Lefty 4 life

Lefty, are they the ones currently posted in the Times Standard?

WC 666
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WC 666
5 years ago

Go get em boys !!!!!!!!!!!

Central HumCo
Guest
5 years ago

A “joint operation” of group-think blend globali$t$

kathologist
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kathologist
5 years ago

This is what I saw when flying to Sac from Seattle…all those patches…

Wiok tribe
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Wiok tribe
5 years ago

Logging companies can pay the regs. Duh.

WC 666
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WC 666
5 years ago

Logging companies are legal businesses.

YourSoHumNeighbor
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YourSoHumNeighbor
5 years ago

Thank you for reporting on this Kim.
I appreciate this information, we SHOULD know and have the right to know when and where law enforcement are. This community was founded on renegades and has been reporting on convoys since the beginning… There are people who haven’t been able to navigate the permitting process for whatever reason that aren’t trashing the land. (Not to say that there aren’t grows practicing horrible land management and spraying poisons, etc). This is the return of the CAMP days or at least that mentality. Since when do you all think snitching to law enforcement is a good thing? You must’ve made all your big bucks back in the day GROWING ILLEGALLY and now are sitting comfortably with a disdain for others that have come with the hopes of making a living here too. How dare you complain about the journalistic coverage that Kim Kemp has been providing this community for years. This is one of the best sources of news in Humboldt county, and convoys are a huge part of our reality. Keep it up, this matters to so many of us.

groba dude trustafarian osnt
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groba dude trustafarian osnt
5 years ago

AND:

THERE IS A CONTINUOUS PROGRAM OF AERIAL SURVEILLANCE. THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES KNOW WHERE THE MOST EGREGIOUS OFFENDERS ARE!

IF YOU GROW DIRTY, OR ARE COMMITTED TO BEING A TOXIC DRUG DEALING ASSHOLE, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE ERADICATED.

GET A CLUE, GROW CLEAN, GROW LEGAL, DON’T COOK HASH OIL.

DON’T BUY BLACK MARKET WEED. DON’T DISTRIBUTE TOXIC MARIJUANA. BE A CREDIT TO YOUR INDUSTRY, AND HAVE SOME PRIDE IN YOUR PRODUCT AND YOUR FARM!