Police in Mexico bust gang for growing genetically modified pot in three massive greenhouses covering 20,000sq ft

Police in Mexico have arrested a gang of Colombians and Mexicans for growing genetically modified pot in three massive greenhouses covering 20,000sq ft.

A statement issued by federal authorities claim the large-scale operation was taking place in the northern state of Jalisco.

Officers raiding the greenhouses found a total of 7,000 'mother plants' of marijuana that had been genetically modified and cloned.

According to investigators, the Colombians claimed they had been contacted by emails offering them jobs in the Mexico.

Without knowing what they were destined for, they ended up at the site in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zunia.

The crew, which included 22 Colombians and three Mexicans, were said to have paid in dollars.

Last year it was reported that Mexican drug cartels are now smuggling higher grade and more expensive marijuana grown in the US south of the border

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the alleged...

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