Law enforcement rangers last week removed over 2,000 marijuana plants and banned pesticides from a site in Sequoia National Park in California, according to the National Park Service (NPS).
In an Aug. 21 statement, the NPS said rangers cleared a 13-acre site containing 2,377 full-grown marijuana plants, along with 2,000 pounds of trash and infrastructure.
During the operation, rangers discovered a semi-automatic pistol and a gallon of Methamidophos—a toxic insecticide banned in the United States since 2009—together with other hazardous chemicals.
The site was initially raided last year but could not be rehabilitated until this year because of the dangers posed by the hazardous chemicals found in the area, according to the statement….