A record number of marijuana plants were eradicated in 2011 by law enforcement authorities in Ventura County, officials said Monday.
The annual total included 68,488 plants eradicated from the Pine Mountain area in the Los Padres National Forest, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office said -- the single largest marijuana cultivation in county history.
Authorities said they also confiscated a large amount of unregulated pesticides and herbacides that cause environmental damage. The chemicals were being used by marijuana growers.
The Sheriff's Office said it arrested 22 people on suspicion of marijuana cultivation.
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