Marijuana plants are laid out on the sidewalk of a Thornton home after a raid on illegal marijuana grows on Aug. 9, 2018.

FBI, DEA orchestrate massive raid of suspected illegal marijuana grow operations across Denver metro area

Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI agents joined state and local agencies in a massive, coordinated raid of more than a dozen suspected illegal marijuana growing operations across the Denver metro area Thursday morning, federal officials say.

Drug investigators began serving judicial warrants to suspected drug trafficking locations following a lengthy investigation, said Deanne Rueter, spokeswoman for the DEA in Denver.

“There’s quite a few in Thornton,” Rueter said. “A lot of cities are involved.”

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