{"id":23966,"date":"2022-11-07T06:35:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T11:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23966"},"modified":"2022-11-07T06:35:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T11:35:11","slug":"spain-cannabis-police-claim-largest-ever-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/11\/07\/spain-cannabis-police-claim-largest-ever-seizure\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain cannabis: Police claim largest ever seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The largest haul of cannabis ever found has been discovered in a series of raids across Spain, police say.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Authorities said they seized more than 32 tonnes of the drug which has an estimated street value of more than \u00a357m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Police said they arrested nine men and 11 women, aged between 20 and 59, in busts across Spain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The Guardia Civil said the &#8220;complex business network&#8221; was exporting the drugs across Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The weight of the seized plants is roughly equivalent to more than five adult African elephants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Inacutado el mayor alijo de marihuana descubierto hasta el momento.<\/p>\n<p>La organizaci\u00f3n desmantelada ten\u00eda m\u00e1s de 32 toneladas de cogollos de esta droga almacenada en Toledo, Ciudad Real, Valencia y Asturias.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hXx8XR9HdE\">https:\/\/t.co\/hXx8XR9HdE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QigxbsuBg0\">pic.twitter.com\/QigxbsuBg0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guardia Civil ?? (@guardiacivil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardiacivil\/status\/1588818406945480705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The gang were arrested following raids in Toledo, Ciudad Real, Valencia and Asturias last month but details of Operation Gardens were only made public on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Police said the business was run by different &#8220;companies&#8221; which carried out the different parts of the process &#8211; from buying the seeds, to growing and drying the plants, to packaging them and shipping them out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;The Civil Guard has seized the largest cache of packaged marijuana found so far,&#8221; a police statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;It was equivalent to approximately 1.1 million plants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-63527892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The largest haul of cannabis ever found has been discovered in a series of raids across Spain, police say. 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