In California, the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2016 has not wiped out the illegal plantations that feed the black market. Between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert offers ideal weather and isolation to set up greenhouses and escape taxation. "These permits to actually cultivate, manufacture, distribute, some of those licenses are upwards of $100,000.", says Chris Bassett, detective at San Bernardino County Sheriff Department, who regularly raids cannabis grows with his unit. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES