9 Oct, 2019 @ 10:10
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Police fail to weed out drug traffickers after discovering huge marijuana plantation hidden in protected Donana Natural Park in Spain’s Sevilla

Donana Weed

Donana Weed

POLICIA Nacional have discovered a marijuana plantation hidden among one of the country’s most important wetlands. 

Agents in Sevilla have yet to make arrests after coming across more than 550 marijuana plants in the Donana Natural Park.

The one-and-a-half metre plants were arranged along the bed of the Guadalquivir river and were kept hidden by the four-metre plants on either side.

Weighing almost half a tonne, the haul was first pictured by police helicopter following a tip off from residents in nearby Dos Hermanas.

Investigators have been able to verify that despite being a moist and suitable land for the cultivation of this plant, those responsible had installed a complex irrigation system to ensure effective production.

The investigation remains open.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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