Police burn 75 tonnes of marijuana in Mexico
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline ! important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff;">Picture released by the Mexican National Security Committee (CNS) showing Federal Police personnel incinerating 75,5 tons of marijuana in several fields in Los Mezquites, Nayarit state, Mexico</span>. (Photo: AFP)
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January 21, 2016

Police burn 75 tonnes of marijuana in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – Police have incinerated 75.5 tonnes of marijuana in western Mexico after discovering several fields of cannabis in the state of Nayarit, authorities said Friday.

Federal police found 11 fields totaling more than 22,000 square metres (5.4 acres) of land near the town of Los Mesquites, the National Security Commission said in a statement.

More than 158,000 plants were pulled out of the ground and incinerated, while 22 samples were kept for the investigation, the commission said, adding that nobody was arrested in the operation.

The seizure comes as Mexico debates whether to changes its marijuana laws after the Supreme Court authorized four individuals to grow and smoke pot for recreational purposes.

The court ruling has raised hopes among activists who want marijuana to be legalised in a country roiled by a bloody drug war.

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