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The raid targeted
the Island Mountain area known as the "Emerald Triangle", the
newspaper said on its website.
The region, some 200 miles (320 km) north of San Francisco, is
known to be popular with marijuana growers.
The operation, jointly conducted by the Humboldt, Mendocino and
Trinity county sheriffs' departments, is expected to continue
through the week with more information expected on Friday, the
newspaper said.
California is among twenty-three U.S. states that allow cannabis
for medical but not for recreational use. A handful of states,
including Colorado and Washington, and Washington D.C. have
legalized recreational cannabis use for adults.
The authorities conducting the northern California raids
suspected instances of environmental harm at the pot cultivation
sites as well as possible cases of water diversion and theft,
the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said.
The California drought has led the state to issue its first-ever
mandatory cutbacks, with cities and towns required to reduce
water use by 25 percent.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; editing by John
Stonestreet)
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