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Spanish police take down 'Europe's biggest' cannabis farm

A hemp plantation is seen in Navarra, Spain, April 12, 2022. Picture taken April 12, 2022. Spanish Police/Handout via REUTERS

Spanish authorities have destroyed 415,000 hemp plants worth up to 100 million euros ($108 million) in an operation to dismantle what police said on Wednesday was Europe's biggest cannabis plantation.

Around 50 tonnes of the plants were being dried in a warehouse for processing into cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound that is increasingly used to treat anxiety, insomnia and other ailments.

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