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Thursday, 25 February 2016 - 16:20

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Cannabis plantation found hidden in Utrecht bridge

A cannabis plantation consisting of about 450 plants was discovered in a technical space of the Plettenburgse bridge in Nieuwegein on Thursday morning, AD reports. The municipality stumbled across the plantation during a routine check on the bridge and called in the police, according to the newspaper. The police dismantled and removed the plantation. No one was arrested.

Grote hennepkwekerij gevonden in de Plettenburgsebrug in Nieuwegein https://t.co/TXB4Pv6G4O pic.twitter.com/ceYLfMH7HX

— AD Utrechts Nieuwsblad (@ad_utrecht) February 25, 2016

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