CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Some 6,500 marijuana plants have been uprooted and destroyed in a Carmel Valley pot garden on U.S. Forest Service land.

Members of Monterey County's Marijuana Eradication Team, the sheriff's narcotics unit and the California Department of Justice destroyed the crop on Monday.

Sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Karamitis says there was no one at the garden when authorities arrived.

Last month, another marijuana garden was discovered in the same remote area and 32,000 plants were destroyed.