Suspected marijuana plant raid turns into crypto mining farm discovery
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Spanish National Police seize 21 Bitcoin ASIC crypto mining rigs and 13,000 EUR worth, or $14,515.41, of equipment in Santiponce, Spain. This morning, authorities expected to discover an illegal marijuana plantation reports El Chapuzas Informatico but unearthed an utterly different discovery.
Santiponce, a province located in Seville, Spain, authorities found the crypto mining setup. Officers were aware of the location due to discovering the illegal electrical attachment from the building. Upon entering the facility, they found the digital currency mining devices, robust cooling and ventilation systems, and EVGA RTX 30 series graphics cards implemented into the mining rig designs. Some of the cards are the EVGA RTX 3080 series.