Multistate operation targets marijuana cultivation on public lands

(Aug. 23, 2012) -- U.S. Attorneys in several states announced Operation Mountain Sweep, an eight-week, multi-agency and multistate marijuana operation targeting large-scale, illegal marijuana grows on public lands. In the course of Operation Mountain Sweep to date, federal, state and local law enforcement in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington have eradicated more than 578,000 marijuana plants from public lands.