Landlord finds £100,000 worth of cannabis plants in buy-to-let drug factory
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When buy-to-let landlord John Leaver went to do a spot of maintenance at one of his properties, he expected the garden to be a bit untidy.
But it was the inside of the three-bedroom detached house that was overgrown and Mr Leaver, 64, discovered his retirement investment had been turned into a cannabis factory. The sitting room and two of the bedrooms were carpeted with hundreds of plants with a street value of £100,000, while the rest of the property was being used to store tons of fertiliser. The kitchen had been turned into a bedroom and living space for the "gardener", who fled when the landlord arrived. There were 50 huge ultraviolet lights in the rooms, each with its own newly-fitted power socket. It is estimated they were using £100 worth of electricity each day although the meter had been bypassed to avoid payment by drawing power straight from the mains supply. The house had been totally cleared of furniture and fittings and Mr Leaver found all his possessions crammed into the garage. Police filled six vans with the plants and equipment used in the industrial-scale cannabis-growing operation. More >> |
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