Police harvest 2,500-plant cannabis field in Bad Berleburg
Passers-by spotted a roughly 300-square-metre cannabis field hidden in a remote potato field near Bad Berleburg and alerted police, who harvested about 2,500 mature plants in early July 2022. The plants were sent for laboratory testing and the field's owner may face narcotics charges.
🇩🇪 Bad Berleburg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany
Police in Bad Berleburg, in the rural Siegen-Wittgenstein district about 130
kilometres north of Frankfurt, harvested a hemp plantation and secured 2,500
plants.[1]Passers-by had noticed the illegal drug field, about 300 square
metres, on a remote potato field and reported it, after which the officers
moved in and collected the mature plants.[1][2]
The plantation, roughly 3,000 square feet in size, held about 2,500 plants.[2]The plants were sent for testing to determine their cannabinoid content.[2]The farmer who owns the field may be charged under the Narcotics Act if
the investigation shows involvement in or knowledge of the cultivation, even if
the plants turn out to be low-THC hemp.[2]
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Harvested cannabis plants from the Bad Berleburg potato field. Photo: Siegen-Wittgenstein Police Authority via High TimesPhoto details
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