In a sweeping pre-emptive strike, Egypt’s Interior Ministry busted a highly dangerous criminal network that had been cultivating, producing, and storing drugs on a remote desert farm in Ismailia, authorities said.

The raid uncovered 27.5 tonnes of narcotics, including 21 tonnes of fully grown plants and 6.5 tonnes in secret storage, along with 90 kilograms of hashish and 10 kilograms of hydro found on one suspect, according to a statement on the ministry’s official Facebook page.

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