Police destroy 100,000 cannabis plants near Vovchkiv, Kyiv region
Kyiv-region police found almost 100,000 cannabis plants growing across about 3.5 hectares near Vovchkiv in Boryspil district, announced on 22 September 2021. Samples went for forensic examination and the rest was destroyed; no suspects had been named.
🇺🇦 Near Vovchkiv, Boryspil district, Kyiv region · Ukraine
Kyiv-region police announced on 22 September 2021 that they had found a
cannabis plantation in a field near the village of Vovchkiv in Boryspil
district during the MAK operational-preventive campaign.[1]Officers
counted almost 100,000 plants growing across about 3.5 hectares, valued on
the black market at more than 20 million hryvnias.[1]
Samples were sent to the Kyiv forensic centre of the Interior Ministry for
examination, and the remaining plants were destroyed.[1]Police opened
criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 310 of the Criminal Code
(sowing or growing poppy or hemp) and were working to identify those behind
the plantation; no suspects had been named.[1]
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