The Department of Cannabis Control DCC said that the illegal cannabis was worth nearly $34 million and seized over 30,000 cannabis plants, 2,720 pounds of weed and multiple firearms at an illegal cannabis-cultivation operation in Oakland, California last week.
According to the DCC agents, the plants were valued at more than $22.1 million and the cannabis flower at more than $4.49 million.
Agents said that an AR-style semiautomatic rifle and a handgun were also seized, along with $68,841 in cash.
The two-day raid took place on January 26 and 27 and was conducted at two warehouses on separate sides of the city.
The agency coordinated with the DCC on the high-risk search warrants at both facilities, said Lt. Miguel Flix Ibarra, with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.
In an email, Ibarra told SFGATE that the search warrant operation was part of a large-scale marijuana cultivation and tax evasion investigation. Two large warehouses on these properties had been converted into sophisticated marijuana cultivation facilities. On the second day of the raid, officials with the Department of Fish and Wildlife conducted an operation in Oakland in which 7,113 plants valued at more than $5.8 million and more than 900 pounds of processed cannabis flower worth $1.49 million, according to a local CBS affiliate.
There were nearly $40 million in illegal cannabis taken into custody during the three operations, officials said.
It is not clear how many individuals were involved in the operation of cannabis. Neither agency said if anyone was arrested or if charges were filed.
Last week's operations were the latest in a series of raids targeting alleged illegal cannabis growers in California's East Bay, per CBS. In late January, authorities reportedly seized nearly $34 million in cannabis from a warehouse in Oakland, while agents found more than $3 million in cannabis from a warehouse in Livermore, 25 miles outside of Oakland on January 10.