Spain’s largest ever cannabis seizure as 32 tonnes of drug worth £57m found in raid
The IndependentThe largest haul of cannabis ever seized by Spanish police was discovered in a series of raids across the country, officers said. Around 32 tonnes of the crop were found, adding up to a street value of £57m, a spokesperson for Guardia Civil, Spain’s national police force, said. open image in gallery Vacuum sealed product would be sent all over Europe The Guardia Civil said the “complex business network” was supplying the domestic drug market and sending shipments to Switzerland, Holland, Germany and Belgium and elsewhere in Europe. “The Guardia Civil has seized the largest cache of packaged marijuana found so far,” a police statement said. open image in gallery Cannabis was dried at one site then sent on for packaging A second inspection in the town of Almagro, Ciudad Real last month found some 37,000 plants distributed in four greenhouses and in the process of drying ahead of being sent to the Valencia company.
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