Cops bag huge drug haul

26th March 2010

An estimated PLN 1 mln worth of cannabis was discovered

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Police have uncovered what they believe to be the largest cannabis plantation ever discovered in Poland.

The 1,000 square metre room in the small village of Radzwice, Wielkopolska, located underneath a dry cleaners, contained over 10,000 hemp plants, which, along with 150 kg of dried plant and 40 kg of ready packaged marijuana, is worth an estimated PLN 1 mln.

The chamber had been specially adapted for the purpose of growing the plant, featuring specialised lighting and a fully automated and computerised irrigation system. Housed inside were plants at various stages of development - from tiny seedlings to fully grown 1.5 metre high bushes ready to be prepared for sale.

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