site.btaSofia Authorities Bust State-of-the-art Cannabis Plantation

August 6 (BTA) - Sofia Regional Police busted a
state-of-the-art marijuana plantation, the Interior Ministry
said on Tuesday.

In the courtyard of the former Iskrets Labor Cooperative
Agricultural Farms (TKZS), authorities discovered a massive
greenhouse, equipped with air conditioning, ducts, heating
lamps, a computer-controlled irrigation system and other
state-of-the-art cannabis growing and drying equipment. The
premises is owned by a 65-year-old Sofia resident and contained
hundreds of potted cannabis plants at various stages of
maturity, as well as a large amount of cannabis prepared for
drying.

Three men have been detained at the crime scene, two Sofianites,
 aged 25 and 31, and a 38-year-old man from Varna. RY/DT