UGANDAN police said in a statement on Wednesday they had destroyed 400 tonnes of marijuana, the largest haul deriving from a single seizure operation. The 600 000 plants, which were burned, were valued at 2.3m shillings ($1.1m). Eleven people were also arrested in the three-day operation carried out between April 18-20 in Busia District in Samia-Bugwe county, which borders Kenya. “The local population in the areas where the operation was conducted appears to lack sensitisation by the local authorities about the illegality of cultivation and trade in cannabis. The people regard this drug as a normal cash crop and yet their land is quite fertile for the cultivation of other legal crops,” the statement added. – AFP