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Police intercepts marijuana greenhouse in former poultry meat processing plant

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Large cannabis greenhouse was found in a specialized Police operation in Veliko Tarnovo district, a correspondent of BNR reported. The marijuana greenhouse was housed in a former poultry meat processing plant in the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa. 

Two men from Sofia and Arbanasi were detained in the operation. According to investigators, the intercepted laboratory is the biggest in Veliko Tarnovo district. The competent authorities are trying to find out where the narcotic produced in the local greenhouse is sold and whether the marijuana factory is part of a larger network for manufacture of narcotics. 




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