But the "cannabis island", as it has been dubbed by Russian media, was trumped a day later when police made another find - more than 1,000 cannabis plants in two more plantations on the shore opposite the island. Preliminary estimates suggest the combined street value of the haul would be around $3.5m (£2.3m), Ms Alekseyeva says . The major operation was uncovered in the Sivash, an area of shallow lagoons on Crimea's northern and eastern coasts. All the plants have now been destroyed, according to the Rossiya 24 news channel