Human trafficking, forced labor suspected at cannabis farm
Source: AP
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A ranch in Southern Oregon’s Illinois Valley this week as part of an investigation into illegal cannabis cultivation, human trafficking and forced labor, law enforcement said.
The raid was part of a larger probe that began with the death of a man from a different suspected illegal cannabis farm in Cave Junction, Jefferson Public Radio reported.
In that case, the man was driven to a gas station in critical condition and left there, according to the Josephine County Sheriff’s department. The man died in an ambulance. Within two days, that farm had been harvested, and the workers had moved to the Illinois Valley ranch raided this week, Sheriff Dave Daniel said.
“We’ve heard of the threat of harm to your family,” if people don’t go with them, Daniel said.
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