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Benzinga
Benzinga
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Nina Zdinjak

Spanish Police Destroy $108M In Hemp Plants, Dismantle 'Europe's Biggest' Cannabis Farm

“Europe’s biggest cannabis plantation,” was dismantled in Spain this week when the Spanish police destroyed 415,000 hemp plants worth around €100 million ($108 million) reports Reuters.

It is estimated that some 50 tons of hemp plants were being dried in a warehouse in preparation for extracting CBD. The illegal farm in rural northern Navarre was comprised of 11 fields or 67 hectares (166 acres), according to the  Guardia Civil (Spanish police). Spanish police arrested three people during the raid.

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