The bulk of the action seems to be down there. Kym K has a photo of agents in Salmon Creek. Eric Kirk is monitoring KMUD. Busts in Redway, including one witnessed by Eric himself. Also there’s apparently a good deal of action out near Whale Gulch.
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Bust in Sunny Brae
An indoor grow is being broken up in Sunny Brae right now. To reiterate, the FBI insists that this operation is targeting a single individual or group of individuals, and is not an all-purpose sweep of grow houses. UPDATE, 9:31 a.m. : Bob Doran is at 1658 Virginia Way, Arcata, where three federal agents in […]
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FBI Spokesman on KSLG
… a FBI spokesperson on the ground in Fortuna just spoke with John Matthews on KSLG. He said: This is the culmination of a two-year investigation. This is a bust of “large-scale commercial grows.” NOT medical marijuana. Agents from a variety of federal and state organizations — including the IRS and the Postal Service –will […]
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From The Sheriff’s Office
“I’m not in a position to make a comment right now because the operation is underway,” says Lt. George Cavinta of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. “The FBI has the command post, and it’s all the FBI’s warrants.” Cavinta said that someone — either his office or the FBI — will likely make a statement […]
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Feds: Real
Something is definitely happening. There’s a whole bunch of tight-lipped people at the Fortuna River Lodge right now. They’ve got satellite trucks. (Check the web cam here .) John Matthews of KHUM went down to try to get people to talk this afternoon; he was unsuccessful. But they did check his ID. Supervisor Johanna Rodoni […]
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T-Shirt Update!
The runaway hit T-shirt of late June 2008 has been updated! Now, on the back side, you get the full text of the eye-popping piece of reporting that confirmed the great Arcata DEA raids of late June 2008. Relive the memories every time you do laundry. Three bucks extra, but well worth it. Detail below. […]
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… And All I Got Was This Awesome T-Shirt!
For the record: No, there weren’t 50 black SUVs parked at the Red Lion yesterday morning. No, there weren’t nine DEA helicopters armed with infrared detectors at Eureka-Arcata airport. No, DEA agents did not storm the pot doc’s place off Giuntoli to pull paperwork. Thanks for the phonecalls, though! The week that Humboldt County’s paranoia […]
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Direct Action
Here’s a photo from Arcata that’s making the e-mail rounds. I’d credit the photographer, only I’m not sure he wants to be credited.
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The Piss Fir Air Force
According to an Associated Press story published yesterday, we here in Humboldt County will soon get to experience the joy of living under remote-controlled aerial electronic surveillance. Who says war brings no peacetime benefits? BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has bought a pair of flying drones to track down marijuana growers operating […]
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Mo Spankers
This week’s Hum began with an interview with Christina Marrs of Austin’s Asylum Street Spankers , who are just about to hit Humboldt County for a Monday, April 1 ( April Fool’s Day ) gig at Humboldt Brews brought to you by the good folks at Inferknow . Our conversation went on a bit longer […]
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Out-of-county experience
Now we know what happens to all those confiscated growlights — exported! In the ABC News story about the policeman’s preferred online auction site, Humboldt Sheriff’s property technician Bruce Slocum says, “We had some stuff here that is the result of dope-growing operations and we did not want to resell it locally.”