Spain cannabis: Police claim largest ever seizure

The largest haul of cannabis ever recovered has been discovered successful a bid of raids crossed Spain, constabulary say.

Authorities said they seized much than 32 tonnes of the cause which has an estimated thoroughfare worth of much than £57m.

Police said they arrested 9 men and 11 women, aged betwixt 20 and 59, successful busts crossed Spain.

The Guardia Civil said the "complex concern network" was exporting the drugs crossed Europe.

The value of the seized plants is astir equivalent to much than 5 big African elephants.

The pack were arrested pursuing raids successful Toledo, Ciudad Real, Valencia and Asturias past period but details of Operation Gardens were lone made nationalist connected Saturday.

Police said the concern was tally by antithetic "companies" which carried retired the antithetic parts of the process - from buying the seeds, to increasing and drying the plants, to packaging them and shipping them out.

"The Civil Guard has seized the largest cache of packaged marijuana recovered truthful far," a constabulary connection said.

"It was equivalent to astir 1.1 cardinal plants."