Maxi operation by the Carabinieri of the Company of Oristano, Mogoro and Ghilarza on the cultivation and treatment of hemp.
As many as 500 objectives, including farms, sheepfolds, sheds and land, also inspected with the help of the Helicopter Hunters Squadron of Sardinia, which led to the discovery of irregularities in the cultivation of hemp and illicit possession of weapons.
The toll is three arrests, 17 complaints, 1,700 kilos of hemp inflorescences, for a value of 17 million euros, seized along with 16 thousand illegal plants.
Hemp was analyzed by Ris specialists who ascertained that the active ingredient was higher than what is allowed by the legislation.
In a cultivation in Tramatza , about 1,500 kilos of hemp inflorescences with a Thc above the permitted threshold were seized, already packaged and ready to be sold. The owners of the farm were all reported and the drug with a commercial value of 15 million seized.
Three boys were arrested in Bonarcado and Milis , caught red-handed while taking care of hemp from their illicit cultivation. About 700 kilos of plants and inflorescences seized with an amazing active ingredient greater than 1%. About 11,000 hemp seedlings found drying in a shed in Gonnosnò have been seized in Usellus .
"The plants came from various regular plantations in Marmilla - explain the carabinieri - but their treatment, which was not consistent with cultivation alone, led to the kidnapping and denunciation of two people".
During the checks, another person was arrested and three were reported for illegal possession of weapons and ammunition.
(Unioneonline / D)
