£125k cannabis farm uncovered

4:10pm Wednesday 1st August 2012 in Chorley

Police uncovered cannabis plants valued at £125,000 after an operation in rural Chorley.

Around 250 plants were discovered by officers after a raid at a warehouse in Long Lane, Heath Charnock.

Once properly harvested the plants police estimate the drugs would have been worth around £125,000 at a street value level. Inquires are on-going with police appealing to members of the public for any information about the cannabis.

No arrests have been made so far related to the find and the warehouse was unoccupied when officers conducted the raid.

Detective constable Carl Tobin, of Chorley CID, said: “On the ground these recovered plants are worth a huge amount and this is a great result for the constabulary. We are investigating the find and would ask anyone in the community with information to contact the police, you can do this anonymously.

“We continue to target cannabis cultivation in the district and put maximum effort into catching and punishing those who profit from drug crime.”

Comments (3)

7:01pm Wed 1 Aug 12

Jack Stanley Evans says...

End the prohibition of cannabis. Get the dealers off the streets.

Permit doctors to prescribe one of the safest and most effective medicines known to science.

Introduce a regulated system of supply through licensed outlets to adults only which the evidence proves will minimise all health and social harms.

Pull the rug from under organised crime.

Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR) published independent, expert research in September 2011 which shows that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion per annum.

Cannabis remains prohibited at enormous cost to Britain because of inaccurate and scaremongering press coverage, cowardly politicians and the unlawful monopoly of medicinal cannabis granted to GW Pharmaceuticals.

Go to the CLEAR website for the truth about cannabis.
End the prohibition of cannabis. Get the dealers off the streets. Permit doctors to prescribe one of the safest and most effective medicines known to science. Introduce a regulated system of supply through licensed outlets to adults only which the evidence proves will minimise all health and social harms. Pull the rug from under organised crime. Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR) published independent, expert research in September 2011 which shows that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion per annum. Cannabis remains prohibited at enormous cost to Britain because of inaccurate and scaremongering press coverage, cowardly politicians and the unlawful monopoly of medicinal cannabis granted to GW Pharmaceuticals. Go to the CLEAR website for the truth about cannabis. Jack Stanley Evans

7:16pm Wed 1 Aug 12

jejame says...

Arrest the constabulary for treason.
Cannabis may be illegal but its not unlawful, there is no actual Law in the british constitution against cannabis, the police, magistrates and judges swore an oath to govern and protect the LAW not the unlawful legal system that has been bought and paid for by the E.U.
If they follow the legal system, they break the law, if they break the law they violate their sworn oaths, technically, they are committing treason.
There are some that may criticise my spelling rather than make a valid point.
Arrest the constabulary for treason. Cannabis may be illegal but its not unlawful, there is no actual Law in the british constitution against cannabis, the police, magistrates and judges swore an oath to govern and protect the LAW not the unlawful legal system that has been bought and paid for by the E.U. If they follow the legal system, they break the law, if they break the law they violate their sworn oaths, technically, they are committing treason. There are some that may criticise my spelling rather than make a valid point. jejame

11:40pm Wed 1 Aug 12

focusonpeace says...

In my opinion they should just legalise it, whats the point allowing criminals to control the market, thats stupid. Only because you prohibit something doesnt mean it goes away, it just creates a gap in the market for criminals. If our government legalised cannabis, kids would find it much harder to obtain if its regulated it properly, not sold in sweet shops like alcohol and tobacco are, but in dispensaries or Dutch style coffee shops. Its easier for kids to get cannabis than alcohol and tobacco. Thats down to prohibition disallowing any type of regulation. Portugal's decriminalization experiment is a success because drug use is going down, in fact over the last 10 years since they abolished prohibition drug use has dropped by 50%. Prohibition does nothing to reduce cannabis use, and creates more harms like gang violence, stealing electricity, contamination due to no quality control and by blighting harmless peoples lives with criminal records simply because they choose to use a non main stream drug safer than alcohol and tobacco.
In my opinion they should just legalise it, whats the point allowing criminals to control the market, thats stupid. Only because you prohibit something doesnt mean it goes away, it just creates a gap in the market for criminals. If our government legalised cannabis, kids would find it much harder to obtain if its regulated it properly, not sold in sweet shops like alcohol and tobacco are, but in dispensaries or Dutch style coffee shops. Its easier for kids to get cannabis than alcohol and tobacco. Thats down to prohibition disallowing any type of regulation. Portugal's decriminalization experiment is a success because drug use is going down, in fact over the last 10 years since they abolished prohibition drug use has dropped by 50%. Prohibition does nothing to reduce cannabis use, and creates more harms like gang violence, stealing electricity, contamination due to no quality control and by blighting harmless peoples lives with criminal records simply because they choose to use a non main stream drug safer than alcohol and tobacco. focusonpeace

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