22,000 lbs of illegal marijuana seized in federal raids

Agents remove plants from a home in Boone, Colorado (Photo: KOAA News 5)
Agents remove plants from a home in Boone, Colorado (Photo: KOAA News 5)

EL PASO COUNTY, CO –

Agents with the drug enforcement administration worked with deputies and police officers in El Paso, Pueblo, Otero, Crowley and Bent counties to serve warrants at a dozen residential properties.

A number of people have been detained.

So far, authorities have seized more than 22,000 pounds of marijuana that was being shipped to Texas and Arkansas.