70-plant cannabis grow dismantled in Zaandam apartment
A cannabis grow with about 70 plants was dismantled on 11 November 2026 in a second-floor apartment at Aan de Vaart in Zaandam. The plants were shredded on site and growing equipment was removed, and no one was arrested.
🇳🇱 Aan de Vaart apartment complex, Provincialeweg N203, Zaandam · Netherlands
A cannabis grow was dismantled on the morning of 11 November in an apartment on
Provincialeweg N203 in Zaandam.[1][2]The grow was on the second floor of the Aan
de Vaart apartment complex, opposite Zaandam station, and held about seventy
cannabis plants.[1][2]No one was arrested during the dismantling.[1][2]
The plants were destroyed on site and went into a shredder.[1]Grow lamps and
other equipment were taken from the home and removed in a container.[1]
The Aan de Vaart complex is still relatively new.[1]It is not known how long
the grow had been in the home or how it was discovered.[1]The value of the
cannabis grow found there is also unknown.[1]
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How long the grow had been present in the apartment was not reported.
No value for the cannabis grow was published.
Whether anyone will be charged is not yet known.
Noordhollands Dagblad said the plants and equipment were seized, while De Orkaan said the plants were shredded on site and the equipment was taken away in a container.
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