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Spanish police have seized cannabis worth nearly $A100m – the largest amount ever taken worldwide, they say.
Spanish police seize marijuana worth $64m
Spanish police said they have seized 32 tonnes of packaged marijuana with a street value of at least 64 million euros ($A99 million), which they said was the largest amount ever taken globally.
Police raided a series of farms and production plants across Spain in an operation called Gardens. They arrested nine men and 11 women, who were aged between 20 and 59.
“The Civil Guard has seized the largest cache of packaged marijuana found so far,” Spain’s Civil Guard said in a statement.
“It was equivalent to approximately 1.1 million plants.”
