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Investigators also seized nearly 33,000 marijuana plants, 1,800 pounds of packaged marijuana, 23 firearms, nine vehicles, $20,000 in money orders and more than $591,000 in cash,

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon has seized 14 Oregon properties worth more than more than $5.7 million, which were allegedly used as illegal marijuana grow houses for a multi-state drug ring, the Department of Justice announced on April 1.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday.New challenges

Officials from all over the state came together Thursday for the very first meeting of the Task Force on Cannabis-Derived Intoxicants and Illegal Cannabis Production.

Illegal, industrial-sized marijuana farms backed by cartels and criminal gangs threatens Oregon’s legal, regulated recreational marijuana industry.

Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are expanding to large indoor grows.

SALEM (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday. New ch...

Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, police say.

A task force is working to figure out how to combat cannabis-related problems, some of which threaten Oregon's legal and regulated recreational marijuana industry.