During the month of August 2025, Detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit, along with the Ventura County Aviation Unit, located an illicit marijuana cultivation operation in a remote location in the Los Padres National Forest. The Narcotics Unit partners with the California Department of Justice – Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis Team (EPIC) each year to identify and eradicate illicit marijuana cultivation operations on public lands.
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