Thousands of pot plants seized in Kern County

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — More than 11,000 marijuana plants have been seized by Kern County sheriff’s deputies in a raid on two clandestine growing sites in the Mill Creek Mountain area northeast of Bakersfield.

The Sheriff’s Office says the department’s major violator unit and a SWAT team served a search warrant Wednesday on the rural area near Highway 178.

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