Drug factory found at farm

[Tom]

A "sophisticated" drugs factory containing hundreds of cannabis plants with a street value of up to £100,000 has been found at a north Shropshire farm.

 

Detectives discovered the crop of nearly 400 plants being cultivated in a disused pig shed yesterday.

 

They believe the building, between Whitchurch and Market Drayton, had been rented out by a local farmer to two men from the north-west of England.

 

The farmer has been spoken to on suspicion of being concerned with the production of cannabis and inquiries are continuing to find the people who grew the plants.

 

Detective Constable Rob McNamara said today: "The building was full of neat rows of cannabis plants about four or five feet tall.

 

"It was a highly sophisticated and well-planned cannabis nursery with a total of 379 plants.

 

"They appeared to be ready for harvesting and with repeat harvests their potential street value would be around £100,000."

 

He said the plants, which were grown from seeds and believed to be the first crop, were individually potted inside a polythene tent housed within the brick building.

 

They were heated by overhead spotlamps and a watering system had been set up.

 

The equipment has now been dismantled and the plants have been taken to Shrewsbury police station for destruction.

 

Author:Shropshire Star

Date:Jan 19, 2005

Source:Shropshire Star

Copyright:© 2003-05 Shropshire Newspapers Ltd

 

"They appeared to be ready for harvesting

The picture shows that the plants were in veg and poorly tended.

 

[WantDaChronic]

wish i got to see the pics :thumbdown

 

i have seen quite a few good grows from the uk but compared to aussie ones, they are shit :smoke

[Tom]

The picture.

 

[WantDaChronic]

$100,000 for 400 plants that look like this http://www.shropshirestar.com/storage/editorial/9/0.00033301000001radi1.jpg

 

GET THE FUCK OUTTER HERE they look shit as compared to anything i have ever seen... :thumbdown

 

fully disapointed now...UK cant grow worth shit

[Tom]

UK cant grow worth shit

Maybe the good growers there aren't getting caught as much. :: The LEO holding the plant in the foreground looks as though he's been ripped off, maybe he was hoping to take some home himself.