<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Sept 13th: Police have discovered a cannabis factory set up in the middle of an industrial estate. The building held a greenhouse the size of a small house with space to grow 1000 plants, which could produce around £500,000 worth of cannabis a year. Acting on information they received raided the factory on Friday, police found one man at the premises who has been arrested and is currently being questioned. They said the "extremely professional" factory included a fully operational hydroponic greenhouse containing 300 cannabis plants. It was virtually automatic, powered by stolen electricity tapped from another nearby unit. Police estimated that the factory, on Harbet Industrial Estate, in Edmonton, north London, would have cost up to £60,000 to set up. It had false walls at the front to hide the operation inside and an advanced air conditioning system had been installed. Fans lined the walls of the growing room, which contained a complex lighting system and large water tanks. Detective inspector Dave McKelvey said they had not expected to find anything so professional. "It looks like the entire operation has been run from a laptop computer" he said. "You probably wouldn't need to visit the unit too often. Up to four crops of cannabis plants a year can be grown. Each plant would grow up to 1.6 metres before being harvested to produce 20 to 100 grams of quality cannabis." Police said Anthony Barton, 38, was being questioned at Edmonton over the find.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nursey: Impressive!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...but not worth starting a thread about. Oh well, at least i get to see my name in the list of topics for a change.
