Federal police seized and destroyed 300 tons of marijuana in Balleza, a Mexican city in the northern state of Chihuahua, according to an EFE report.

“The plantations were spread out over a surface of approximately 94,629 sq. meters (23 acres), with a density of seven plants per square meter. The approximate weight of the 662,000 plants reached 300,000 kilos,” the Mexican National Security Commission said.

The marijuana “plantations” were discovered during police surveillance flights around Balleza and the plants were “pulled up by the roots so they could later be incinerated,” according to the National Security Commission.

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Second massive marijuana bust this month in northern Mexico

This raid follows another earlier this month in Ejido La Sangre, an agricultural community in the Tubutama municipality, about 10 miles south of the Arizona border.

Mexican federal police said they discovered – and subsequently burned — approximately 860,000 cannabis plants, weighing...