FOLLOWING the discovery of a 'large' cannabis grow in central Carlisle on Wednesday, we've taken a look back at some of the 'farms', both large and smaller-scale, that have been discovered by police in recent years...
Lonsdale Street, July 2022
St Paul's Lane in Carlisle city centre was the site of police officers, a van and a large skip on Wednesday afternoon. A passer-by commented: "It stinks of weed. As soon as I turned the corner the smell hit me."
A spokesperson from Cumbria Police said: "The grow is currently being dismantled so people are asked to avoid the area." Police later revealed they had charged four men with the cultivation of cannabis. READ MORE.
Collier Lane, April 2022
The discovery of a 'substantial' cannabis grow saw police seize a number of cannabis plants from a building on Collier Lane, Carlisle. READ MORE.
West Walls, October 2021
Police discovered a huge £1.6 million cannabis factory in a disused nightclub after passers-by reported the drug’s overpowering stench. Nine rooms in the former Club XS at West Walls had been secretly converted into sophisticated growing rooms, complete with lighting, irrigation and feeding systems and a temperature control kit, all of it powered by stolen electricity. READ MORE.
Blackwell, November 2020
One cannabis user bought a book on how to grow the drug himself — but was caught after complaints about the smell from his city home. The 40 plants discovered could have yielded 55g of cannabis each, providing a potential total street value of £22,000. A further kilo of dried cannabis also recovered could possibly have fetched up to £10,000. READ MORE.
Telford Road, July 2020
This drug-growing operation was discovered by chance when an electrician was sent to investigate an electrical supply fault in an industrial unit. Inside the Telford Road building police found more than 1,000 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of just over £200,000. READ MORE.
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