Man charged with growing cannabis - ninemsn

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A man has been charged with growing $333,000 worth of cannabis at his home in Sydney's west. Detectives raided a home at Chester Hill about 6.20am (AEST) on Wednesday and allegedly discovered 165 hydroponic cannabis plants. A 44-year-old man has been ...

 

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[pisspotgrower]

A man has been charged with growing $333,000 worth of cannabis at his home in Sydney's west. Detectives raided a home at Chester Hill about 6.20am (AEST) on Wednesday and allegedly discovered 165 hydroponic cannabis plants. A 44-year-old man has been ...

 

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A 44-year-old man has been charged with cultivate commercial quantity of cannabis plants, and stealing electricity.

 

Pay ya fuckin bills ppl

[Philfy8]

A 44-year-old man has been charged with cultivate commercial quantity of cannabis plants, and stealing electricity.

 

Pay ya fuckin bills ppl

That's why I got rid of 1x1000w and put timers on everything that doesn't have to run 24/7, got rid of a fridge & turn the plasma off (fuckin thing uses 5kw aday, there's $90). Dropped power by 35kw aday, makes the power bill alot easier to handle. I have searched for anything relating to being busted stealing power, the only things I have found is when people are busted it is then that they are caught stealing power. I have yet to find anything relating to people being busted from the power companies tracing power theft. I read about 1 guy they caught because his power bill dropped from $600 to $100, when they went and looked they found he was using car jumper leads to bypass the meter for his water bed. If it has happened I would like to be able read about it. A couple of years back near where I live a large operation went down, it had been going for years. They had run their own cables up the pole, had to pay back $52,000. But wasn't why they where caught.

In the above story the guy had bypassed the meter and it had gone undetected. Please explain?

Edited April 22, 2011 by Philfy8

[daemon]

We do the same, Philfy8. We turn everything off at the power point that does not need to be on.

[smokinjoe]

There is no excuse for power theft.

 

I don't understand why someone would take the risk, even if you lost a pound to power if you have $3000 bills you are going to be producing a damn site more than that.