The Carabinieri of the Crotone Forestry Unit discovered – during a patrol of the territory – a marijuana plantation in the Brasimato area. The military, who in this period have intensified controls also to prevent and combat the phenomenon of forest fires – reports a note from the force – came across, within a eucalyptus wooded area not easy to access with vehicles, in a large clearing where there were over 500 marijuana plants arranged in different rows with an average height of about 1 meter, which covered an expanse of 600 square meters and on which the presence of the inflorescences used for the production of the narcotic was evident and unmistakable . Furthermore, an irrigation system consisting of a pump and distribution pipes, which allowed the water supply of the land on which the cultivation was set up, was recovered and seized. A surveillance system was also found that allowed observation of the area.
Under the direction of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Crotone, the entire cultivation was eradicated by the Crotone soldiers who intervened, also supported by NIPAAF of Crotone, the Carabinieri Station of Scandale and the Forestry Unit of Cirò, who proceeded with the aid of special machines agricultural, to the destruction of the plants found. The investigative activity – continues the force – also continues on the basis of the clues collected on site which could lead to the identification of the responsible parties and their indictment for the crime of illegal cultivation of narcotic substances which involves a prison sentence from 6 to 20 years and a fine from 26 thousand euros up to 260 thousand euros. If it had been sold, the marijuana would have brought in 200 thousand euros.
