10 Nov, 2016 @ 14:45
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Mammoth cannabis farm raided by Spanish cops in Serrania de Ronda

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weedTHE Guardia Civil has busted a mammoth cannabis farm in the Serrania de Ronda.

Spanish cops uncovered 9,306 plants weighing a total of 122.2kg in the Genal Valley.

The investigation was part of Operation Emerita, which began last July.

Police discovered packaged marijuana ready to hit the streets and 30kg of buds.

Vehicles and mobile phones were also seized.

Seven have since been arrested for involvement in the ring, charged for cultivating and distributing drugs and being involved in a criminal organisation.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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6 Comments

  1. Lets hope Spain continues to follow the USA’s lead on the war on drugs all the way to California, And Alaska. And Colorado. And Conneticut. And Delaware. And Illanois. And Maine. And Massachusetts.And Nevada. And Oregon. And Washington. And on and on and on.

  2. But the legalised drug barons in truly dangerous substances – alcohol and nicotine continue on their lucrative journey to the bank. Also bad reporting here – 9000 + plants would weigh an awful lot more then 122K, were they taking bud weight here?

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