SACRAMENTO — In strong support of California’s legal cannabis market, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that since January, California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force (UCETF) has seized more than $120 million worth of illegal cannabis, destroyed nearly 37 tons of unlicensed cannabis, including 122,914 illegal plants. As part of these operations, state law enforcement officials have also seized 22 firearms.
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Over the past three months, California seized $476 million worth of unlicensed cannabis products
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