A London firm planned a giant cannabis farm in the African jungle.
4 years later, there's little to show for it but dirt roads and a few angry investors, according to internal documents obtained by @NBCNews. nbcnews.to/2LHNkfS (1/3)
4 years later, there's little to show for it but dirt roads and a few angry investors, according to internal documents obtained by @NBCNews. nbcnews.to/2LHNkfS (1/3)
Many of the major backers touted by Trade Park, including Bayer and the makers of Marlboro cigarettes, said they'd never heard of the project, and the residents of Meyomessala, Cameroon, are left to deal, empty-handed, with the fallout from a failed dream. (2/3)
In Meyomessala, local residents have yet to see the desperately needed jobs and investment that had been touted.
"No one paid us and until today they still owe us," says a contractor and member of the Bulu indigenous group. (3/3) #NBCNewsThreads
"No one paid us and until today they still owe us," says a contractor and member of the Bulu indigenous group. (3/3) #NBCNewsThreads
