Israel police seizes 137,000 cannabis plants in largest op ever

Police raided 160 greenhouses containing 126,350 cannabis plants in the Negev firing range and additional nine greenhouses containing 11,200 plants were raided in the western Negev.

An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel on March 21, 2017.

An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel on March 21, 2017.

(photo credit: NIR ELIAS/REUTERS)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

AUGUST 18, 2023 22:39

Updated: AUGUST 19, 2023 15:26

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