It was at the beginning of March when a patrol of the canine unit of the Guà rdia Urbana of Cornellà de Llobregat detected the first suspicion that a large marijuana plantation was hidden in an industrial warehouse in the same town of Baix Llobregat. And the nose of the police dog did not fail. There was a business that the researchers valued at 300,000 euros on the black market.
The operation, which was carried out jointly between the local police and the Mossos d’Esquadra, ended on March 30 with the dismantled plantation and the arrest of two men, aged 20 and 31, charged as alleged perpetrators of a crime against public health and fraud in the electricity system.
As explained by the Mossos d’Esquadra through a statement, inside the Cornellà industrial building, which was for rent, 464 marijuana plants and 1,229 cuttings with a total weight of 150 kilos were found.
As usual in this type of facilities, which are located every two by three throughout Catalonia and also in Baix Llobregat, everything was prepared to cultivate drugs intensively.
For example, there were about 300 light bulbs for plants to grow, fans, filters, air extraction machines, transformers, and vacuum packaging systems, among other gadgets. The ship is over 300 square meters and is divided into five compartments.
According to the Mossos, the arrested went to court and the investigating judge ordered their release with charges.
