California marijuana grow stole reservation water

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have torn out an illegal marijuana operation in Central California that they say was siphoning water from streams that supply an American Indian tribe, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman said Friday.

The growers created seven reservoirs — some capable of storing 5,000 gallons — that relied on water from the Tule River Tribe, Lt. Patrick Foy said. The tribe’s reservation is in the Sierra Nevada foothills 70 miles northeast of Bakersfield.