|
Cannabis Campaigners' Guide News Database result:
|
|
UK: Cannabis worth 120,000 pounds seized
Cambridge Evening News
Wednesday 23 Jan 2008 POLICE have seized cannabis worth £120,000 in a raid on a plush suburban home. Officers discovered around 400 cannabis plants when they raided the smart detached house in Tennyson Road, Ely, on Wednesday afternoon. The drug squad found the hundreds of mature budding plants crammed into each of the rented home's four bedrooms, while a nursery of almost 200 smaller plants filled the living room. UV lights worth £10,000 and ventilation tubes were also found inside the £250,000 home, which is just a few yards from a children's playground. The home's electricity meter had also been bypassed and ran straight into the mains. A Vietnamese man - who is believed to be the drug factory's gardener - was arrested at the scene and is now in custody at Parkside police station in Cambridge. Detective Sergeant Nick Skipworth said it was one of the biggest hauls recovered in a series of cannabis factory raids in Cambridgeshire in the past few weeks. He said: "This was certainly a professional job and someone was going to make a lot of money from these drugs. "We received an anonymous tip-off from a member of the public about this building and we sent an officer round who saw all the windows were covered in black plastic. "When we entered the building, we found all four bedrooms and the living room were filled with cannabis plants. "Looking at the plants, I think they would fetch £120,000 once they were harvested and this could happen every three months or so. "We've also found some bags of stalks in the loft, which suggest this isn't the first crop." DS Skipworth, from Parkside police station, urged landlords to keep an eye on their properties and informed police if they have any suspicions. He said: "These tenants will pay in cash upfront, but they will leave thousands of pounds of damage. "We need people to contact us if they think something is wrong. We know what to look for and will make discreet inquiries - we're not going to smash down the door without good reason." The seizure is the latest success in a crackdown on 'skunk factories' in Cambridgeshire, which has confiscated more than £250,000 of cannabis. On Friday, £120,000 of cannabis was seized at a home in Friar's Way, Littleport, while in November, £70,000 of cannabis was seized from a home in Strollers Way, Sketchworth. Tinh Duc Tran was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for cultivating cannabis after a raid on a property in Kingfisher Way, Linton, in August. About 400 plants with a street value of £60,000 were seized. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?id=250803
After you have finished reading this article you can click here to go back.
|
This page was created by the Cannabis Campaigners' Guide.
Feel free to link to this page!