Cannabis nets Dutch growers 2bln euros a year
Clandestine cannabis growers in the Netherlands net two billion euros (2.7 billion US dollars) a year -- worth almost half the country's horticultural sector -- a Dutch newspaper reported on Saturday.
By comparison, according to NRC Handelsblad, country's horticultural sector generates about 5.5 billion euros in annual income.
"There is major demand from England, Belgium, Germany, France, the Scandinavian countries and at the moment the Baltic countries," Max Daniel, the senior police officer who heads the Dutch agency charged with combatting cannabis-growing, told the newspaper. > Read more.
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