Spain’s largest ever cannabis seizure as 32 tonnes of drug worth £57m found in raid

Police bust drugs operation spanning whole country

Officers found packages equivalent to more than 1 million plants (Guardia Civil)

The largest haul of cannabis ever seized by Spanish police was discovered in a series of raids across the country, officers said.

Around 32 tonnes of the crop were found, adding up to a street value of £57m, a spokesperson for Guardia Civil, Spain’s national police force, said.

Police said they arrested nine men and 11 women, aged between 20 and 59, in busts on a network of offices in Toledo, Ciudad Real, Valencia and Asturias, which span the country from north to south.