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UK: Police swoop on cannabis factory
Biggleswade Chronicle
Friday 24 Nov 2006 Police raid shuts down a drugs factory in Biggleswade just yards away from a lower school. More than 200 cannabis plants were taken from the beleaguered Brunts Lane house, believed to have been used by former tenants to host swingers' parties. And an electrician had to be called to the site as the crooks had tampered with the electricity supply - making it too dangerous for police to enter. Police executed the warrant at around 7.30am on Tuesday (November 21) after acting on local intelligence - and say they have now carried out more than 40 similar raids across the county this year. But neighbours say they had no reason to suspect anything untoward and were completely unaware of the scale of the drugs operation taking place on their doorstep. One said: "I thought it was funny because the curtains were always drawn, even when we had that really hot summer. It just seemed odd at the time but we thought it must be strange people or people who work at night." "I thought it was a nice little lane but what do we get? Swingers and druggies." Another said: "We didn't really know the people that were there, we didn't really see anybody. The police were here all day. It was almost impossible to park down here on Tuesday morning, the poor mums going to the school didn't know what had hit them." Detective Sergeant Mick Sparks said: "This is an intelligence led operation which sends out a clear message that Bedfordshire Police will not tolerate drugs and those suspected of supplying them can expect to feel the full weight of the law." For the full story see the November 24 edition of the Biggleswade Chronicle. http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=182&ArticleID=1897585
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