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Alex at Weed Week writes
Glass House farms in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties saw standoffs between masked federal agents and protestors Thursday after the Feds served warrants on one of the state’s largest growers.The standoffs were at a Glass House Farm in Carpinteria (Santa…
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SF Gate
Federal law enforcement officials fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters Thursday during a large immigration raid in Ventura County at one of California’s largest and most notable cannabis farms, according to a local mayor at the scene.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid occurred in the town of Camarillo at Glass House Farms’ greenhouse facility, which is one of the largest cannabis cultivation facilities in the state.
Federal officers created a barricade on Laguna Road, a few miles south of Camarillo Airport, Thursday morning and blocked access to the site as protesters gathered at the scene, according to Oxnard Mayor Luis McArthur, who told SFGATE in a phone call that more than 500 protesters were at the scene. He said federal agents eventually fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd.
The Ventura Fire Department took three people to area hospitals and currently has units stationed at the scene to provide assistance, according to Andrew Dowd, a spokesperson for the department.
“That number may change as this incident progresses,” Dowd told SFGATE by phone. “We’ve set up medical receiving points at the incident so that patients can be treated and transported as needed.”
Dowd said he did not know if the injured people were workers at the cannabis farm or protesters, but said the department is committed to providing support to any injured person.
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