Cannabis farm found over Hampton pub in Great Hampton Row
Apr 29 2009 by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail
“Some of the drugs were ready for harvesting and would have been gone in about a week. It’s a good job we got in before then.
“This operation has prevented these drugs from getting onto the streets of Birmingham.”
Sgt Leaver said a number of plants were taken away for analysis while the rest would be destroyed, denting the market for cannabis in the city.
Police smashed a record number of cannabis factories hidden away in suburban homes across the West Midlands last year.
A total of 174 cannabis factories were found in 2004 but this rocketed to 672 - almost two a day - by the end of last year.
A 33-year-old man was due before magistrates today charged with cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity.
A woman, aged 24, was arrested at a separate address yesterday was released on bail pending further inquiries.
