MADRID — Spanish authorities have destroyed 415,000 hemp plants worth up to 100 million euros ($108 million) in an operation to dismantle what police said on Wednesday was Europe’s biggest cannabis plantation. While CBD sale and consumption is legal across Spain and most of Europe, Spanish law still prohibits the cultivation of cannabis plants for anything other than industrial uses, such as for textiles and seeds, according to the Agriculture Ministry. Three people were arrested as a result of the operation, which began in mid-2021 when police discovered one of the fields. The Guardia Civil said the plantation owner initially presented the farm as a legal operation to produce industrial cannabis but was later found to be planning to export large quantities to Italy and Switzerland for processing into CBD. ($1 = 0.9237 euros)RELATED STORIESGoing to pot: Legalized cannabis around the worldTiny nation makes big legal nod to recreational marijuanaSubscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 14, 2022 09:36 UTC