332,000 cannabis plants destroyed on 7 hectares near Moldova border
Police found about 332,000 cannabis plants growing on nearly 7 hectares of forest-fund land in the Rozdilna district of the Odesa region, near the Moldovan border, and destroyed the crop. A tractor with a trailer was found on the plot; no suspects were named.
Police in Odesa found a huge cannabis plantation near the border with Moldova, in a village
of the Rozdilna district.[1]The plot covered nearly 7 hectares, about ten football fields,
on land of Ukraine’s forest fund used by a state forestry enterprise.[1]
The land was ploughed and the crop regularly cultivated, with the rows thinned out.[1]Police counted 332,000 cannabis plants on the plot and found a tractor with a trailer
there.[1]All the plants were destroyed.[1]
Officers were collecting evidence to bring everyone involved in the illegal cultivation to
justice.[1]Criminal proceedings were opened under the article on illegal production and
distribution of drugs.[1]
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A police image of the cannabis field in Rozdilna district.Photo details
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