An illegal, 6,500-plant cannabis grow discovered in the U.K. last year has ended with a 26-year-old man being sentenced to more than three years in jail. Legally forcing their way into the building, officers discovered a football pitch-sized grow-op across 13 makeshift rooms. A few months earlier in May, police in Broxbourne dismantled a cannabis factory in Cheshunt that featured 995 plants across seven rooms. A man who was found to be growing millions of pounds worth of cannabis in #Colchester has been jailed for more than 3 years. And since illegal grows are oftentimes found in vacant, disused and under-renovation structures, plants may be found across multiple rooms.
An illegal, 6,500-plant cannabis grow discovered in the U.K. last year has ended with a 26-year-old man being sentenced to more than three years in jail.
Police stumbled upon the grow-op while in the area on unrelated inquiries on Apr. 19, 2021. Illegal production of cannabis in the country is punishable by as long as 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both
Upon seeing the industrial unit in Colchester, the officers “became suspicious of the building and believed it may be being used to grow or store cannabis,” according...
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