Spain’s national police made another first when they initially went looking for a cannabis farm and found a cryptocurrency mining operation instead. The cryptocurrency mining represents the first to be found — and then dismantled — in the province of Seville, where Santiponce is located. Upon additional probing, though, “the agents realized that the existing indications did not correspond to the cultivation of marijuana, but rather that these facilities could be hosting a cryptocurrency farm,” notes a police statement in Spanish. But changing their tack, Spanish agents eventually found what was at the heart of the power-guzzling operation. As for cannabis, Spain Weed Guide reports that marijuana has been decriminalized for personal use, but is not technically legal.
Spain’s national police made another first when they initially went looking for a cannabis farm and found a cryptocurrency mining operation instead.
Police report in a statement that officers were investigating what was suspected of being an illegal indoor grow-op in the community of Santiponce.
Upon additional probing, though, “the agents realized that the existing indications did not correspond to the cultivation of marijuana, but rather that these facilities could be hosting a cryptocurrency farm,” notes a police statement in Spanish.
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