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Tegucigalpa, Honduras -- Honduran police have stumbled on the biggest marijuana plantation found in the past decade in the Central American country, an official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Hector Mejia said five peasants were captured and accused of planting 203,000 marijuana plants in the region of Urrutia, 50 miles (80 km) east of the capital Tegucigalpa. "We seized 203,000 marijuana plants, 31 sacks full of drugs, 75 pounds of seed," Mejia said. Honduran anti-drug officials say many impoverished peasants are turning to marijuana cultivation and away from traditional corn and bean planting because of higher prices for the drugs, some of which is exported to neighbouring countries. Copyright Reuters In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 and The Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, Article 10, news clippings are made available without profit for research and educational purposes. |
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