Eight Poles held over 2,000-plant cannabis farm in Indre Fosen
Norwegian police uncovered a cannabis plantation of 2,000 plants and about 130 kg of processed cannabis on a remote farm in Indre Fosen bought by two Poles in 2020. Eight Polish men were detained, most held in custody since November 2024; six were charged with drug production as an organised group and one was sentenced to eighteen months in October 2025.
Norwegian police uncovered a large cannabis plantation on a remote farm in Indre Fosen, Trøndelag, after officers noticed the smell of cannabis during surveillance in autumn 2024.[1]Two Poles had bought the farm in the summer of 2020 without arousing suspicion, and prosecutors say the operation had run since at least 2021.[1]The search found 2,000 plants and about 130 kilograms of processed material.[1]
Eight Polish men were detained, most of them held in custody since November 2024.[1]Six were charged with drug production as part of an organised criminal group, each with a defined role from buying the farm to building and running the plantation.[1]One of the men is also accused of smuggling more than three million cigarettes and 20,000 litres of alcohol into Norway.[1]Two men deny wrongdoing and one admits partial guilt.[1]
One participant was sentenced in October 2025 to one year and six months in prison, and the remaining case was due before the District Court in Trøndelag in December.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
8
of them seized
2,000
Cannabis
130 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (2,000 plants); Herbal cannabis (130 kg)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Farm
Charge
drug production as part of an organized criminal group
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Arrested 50Charged 80of them seized 10,000Sites 35
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