Three tons of marijuana confiscated from villa 'greenhouse'
Police seize equivalent of 300,000 'joints'
20 February, 15:16
(ANSA) - Naples, February 20 - Police in the southern town
of Varcaturo near Naples confiscated three tons of marijuana on
Wednesday being cultivated inside a villa and arrested three
men.Police said that inside the residence was a full-fledged greenhouse with artificial lighting, heating, ventilation and irrigation for home production of the cannabis to be sold on the black market.
A search warrant was issued after neighbors noticed "suspicious and numerous people coming and going" with bags of fertilizer.
The villa does not have a garden or yard. The cultivated marijuana was enough for 300,000 "joints", police said.
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