Electricity bill of over €1.5 million leads police to 5 illegal marijuana plantations in Spain

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Last month,  the Spanish National Police (Policia Nacional), together with the Dutch Police (Politie) and the Belgian Federal Police (Federale Politie, Police Fédérale) and Europol seized more than 34 000 plants of marijuana and arrested 17 individuals in a series of coordinated raids across the three countries.
It is estimated the stolen electricity used to power the illegal indoor plantations amounted to over one and a half million euros.
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