Nine months for 787 cannabis plants on a farm near Sæby
A 26-year-old man from Lithuania was sentenced on 15 June 2026 to nine months in prison, deportation and a six-year re-entry ban after police found 787 cannabis plants, put at about 22 kg, in a greenhouse on Kringelhedevej near Sæby.
🇩🇰 Kringelhedevej, between Voerså and Præstbro, near Sæby · Denmark
A 26-year-old man from Lithuania was sentenced on 15 June 2026 to nine months in prison, deportation from Denmark and a six-year ban on returning.[1][2]North Jutland police had found him the day before, a Sunday, at a farm on Kringelhedevej between Voerså and Præstbro, south of Sæby, after a tip about suspicious activity.[1][3]
In outbuildings, officers found a greenhouse they described as professionally fitted, with lamps, insulation, ventilation and heat.[1][3]They counted 787 cannabis plants, which they said came to a minimum of about 22 kg of marijuana.[1][2][3]He was convicted the same day at a custody hearing at the court in Hjørring.[1][2][3]Peter Skovbak, head of the Frederikshavn investigation centre, told TV2 Nord that the man was sentenced under the aggravated drugs provision.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
787
Cannabis
22 kg
Prison
9 months
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (22 kg); Living plants (787 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Home, Prison
Grown
Greenhouse
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Deportation
Sources
TV2 Nordtv2nord.dkDAPolitiet fandt 787 cannabisplanter i skunklaboratorium: Nu er dommen faldet
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