Spanish police said they seized 6 tons of marijuana after dismantling a plantation near Barcelona, in what was the largest seizure of the substance ever.
The investigation began in March 2021, when the police found out that a 32-hectare plot of land in Villasar de Mar, about 30 kilometers from Barcelona, allegedly legally intended for the cultivation of industrial hemp, was in fact the cultivation and distribution of marijuana. large scale. The site contains posters stating that the business is “industrial hemp cultivation.” The banners also featured the emblems of the various government bodies of Catalonia. The police stated that the site was not an industrial hemp farm, as no permits had been obtained for it.
The police said that during the operation, the police confiscated “more than six tons of marijuana, including 3.5 tons of cones in a packaged thermal bag. They described the shipment as “the largest amount of marijuana ever seized in Spain”.
The police also said those in charge of the farm have installed a sophisticated security system equipped with more than 100 cameras equipped with the latest technology to detect any movement, which send images to a control center and 24/7 surveillance. In addition to drugs, weapons, money, computers and audio-visual equipment were confiscated on the spot.
