Police unearth huge indoor cannabis plantation in Malaga

A MARIHUANA plantation containing 319 female plants in various stages of flowering has been dismantled by the National Police in Malaga, with three men and a woman taken into custody.

Having received a tip-off that a building in the Garcia Grana district may be being used for illicit cultivation of Cannabis sativa, officers raided the deserted property, which apparently gave off a powerful odour even before they made it inside.

As well as the plants, which were being grown hydroponically, a mass of specialised equipment including high-power lamps, transformers, chemicals, and air-conditioning units, was impounded during the sortie.

It also transpired that the green-fingered gang had tapped into the municipal electricity supply in order to avoid paying through the roof for their extensive operation, resulting in further criminal charges.