Nearly $57 million in illegal cannabis was seized during enforcement operations that took place in the Bay Area and Southern California last month, state officials said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's office on Wednesday announced results of the operations last month , which were coordinated by the governor's Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce.

Led by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), the operations targeted what was described as "large scale" illegal cultivation sites in both Alameda and Los Angeles counties.

"Illicit cannabis has no place in our society or marketplace. Every day we have officials on the ground working to stop it once and for all," Newsom said in a statement.

Cannabis growing operations that were

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