The Ventura County Sheriff's Office found and destroyed an illegal cannabis growing operation in the Los Padres National Forest.

The grow, "in a remote location," was located with the help of aircraft last month, and on Friday, officers found "approximately 2,500 actively growing plants," as well as "two rudimentary living quarters with food and cooking supplies, a man-made reservoir, thousands of feet of plastic watering hose, pesticides, fertilizers, insecticides, and trash," the VCSO said in a news release.

Those insecticides include methamidophos, which is "highly toxic and banned in the United States." • The Ventura County Sheriff's Office shared images of an illegal cannabis grow busted on Sept. 5, 2025. • The Ventura County Sheriff's Office shared images of an illegal cannabis

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