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eppur_se_muova

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Sat Aug 5, 2017, 05:43 PM Aug 2017

1m cannabis farm disguised in Darwen mill building (BBC)

An elaborate £1m cannabis farm has been uncovered in a former mill building complete with living quarters and a lift disguised by a stone fire place.

Police had to break through breeze-block walls built to hide the three-floor farm in Darwen, Lancashire.

They found 1,300 plants with a value of at least £760,000, 16kg of loose cannabis worth £230,000 and £250,000 of growing equipment.

A 31-year-old man was arrested at the premises on Wood Street.

Det Insp Vinny De Curtis said the operation was "enormous" and "one of the most sophisticated in the UK".



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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-40825447

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1m cannabis farm disguised in Darwen mill building (BBC) (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Aug 2017 OP
that guy was busy. onethatcares Aug 2017 #1
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