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UK: Two more drugs factories closed

Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal

Wednesday 29 Mar 2006

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CANNABIS plants with a street value of more than £140,000 were found in
the raids
POLICE closed down two more cannabis factories last week - using thermal
imaging equipment - and seized an estimated £140,000 worth of the drug.

In an attempt to get on top of the problem of cannabis production,
bobbies on the beat are now being given handheld cameras - which show
the heat emanating from the factories.

Last Thursday drugs officers swooped on two addresses - one in Braemar
Road and the other in Roslyn Road, South Tottenham - and seized large
amounts of plants and growing paraphernalia.

It is estimated the haul was worth more than £140,000.

Binh Van Dong, 48, of Braemar Road, was arrested and charged with
cultivation of cannabis, possession with intent to supply a class C
drug, criminal damage and extraction of electricity. He appeared at
Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Friday.

Police said electricity meters had been bypassed in both houses -
avoiding huge bills - and representatives from the electricity board,
who went on the raids, said each house was using enough power to keep
Tottenham police station going.

Sergeant Ian Pyles, who lead the operation, said: "This latest
technology has allowed us to identify houses which have been turned into
cannabis factories.

"The equipment means we can covertly film a line of properties and
identify the factory when the thermal image glows white-hot."

He added: "With one house crop of cannabis being worth in excess of
£70,000 we have to work hard to put the growers out of business. Drugs
in local communities can ruin lives and we are determined to improve the
borough for everyone."

Borough Commander Chief Superintendent Simon O'Brien said: "We work hard
to make Haringey one of the safest boroughs and we will use all means to
achieve that. This type of technology is the way forward and will ensure
that we stay one step ahead of the criminals."

Discoveries of cannabis factories in Tottenham have been gradually
increasing over the past year. The trade has been linked by police to
London's Vietnamese community.

The growers' practice of bypassing the electricity meter is a particular
danger as it often sparks fires - which can gut the whole building.

 

 

 

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