COUNTY ERADICATION TEAM CLEANS UP MARIJUANA GROW

YREKA - Hunters alerted Siskiyou County sheriff's deputies to a
marijuana garden they had come across in the Long Gulch area, 10 miles
north of Yreka on Tuesday. The hunters told sheriff's officials that
two males were spotted in the area of the garden, both believed to be
Hispanic.

Siskiyou County's marijuana eradication team went to the area
Wednesday morning and discovered a garden among brush and scrub oaks
in the same area identified by the hunters. Two small reservoirs
filled by area springs were constructed with the use of tarps and were
being used as a water source for the garden.

Even though it appeared that some of the plants in the garden had
already been harvested, 8,000 plants were recovered by deputies for
destruction.

A living area was found and a pellet gun, .22 caliber ammunition, two
backpacks and a five-gallon propane tank were recovered from a
campsite near the garden.

Deputies were assisted by a helicopter from Brim Aviation in Ashland,
Ore. in removing plants from the garden for destruction.

No suspects were located when the deputies were at the location of the
garden and no arrests were made.