Vienna Police Uncover Professional Cannabis Cultivation

Officers from the Vienna State Criminal Police Office seized a cannabis cultivation facility with 2,190 plants in Floridsdorf. They also found more than 15.8 kilos of cannabis herb and 69.4 grams of cannabis resin in the apartment in Stammersdorf.

Three men were arrested and taken to the detention center, the police reported in a release on Thursday.

Cannabis Cultivation Facility with More Than 2,100 Plants Dismantled

Initially, on December 9, the police checked a 64-year-old Albanian who was carrying tools, cables, and equipment for a cultivation facility in his backpack. During a house search ordered by the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office on the property in Stammersdorf, two other suspects, a 34-year-old Romanian and an Albanian of the same age, were encountered.

In four rooms of the apartment, the professionally set-up cultivation with fans, lamps, and exhaust pipes was found. All three men had cash in the four-digit range with them.

(APA/Red)

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