Cannabis plant seizures up 20% (From The Argus)
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Cannabis plant seizures up 20%
7:50pm Friday 7th December 2012 in News By Ben Parsons
Police are raiding more cannabis factories like this one
Ninety cannabis plants are being found in Sussex every day as organised gangs look to make easy money from drug dealing.
The latest Home Office figures show more than 33,000 plants were seized in the county last year – nearly 20% more than the previous year.
Detectives say organised crime gangs are using the drug as a way to fund bigger operations, sometimes elsewhere in the country or abroad.
In the last eight days alone, 600 plants were found in two separate operations in East and West Sussex.
The number of plants seized in Sussex rose to 33,046 in 2011/12, from 27,654 in 2010/11.
The figure was higher than for any other English police force except Manchester, West Midlands and the Metropolitan Police.
Sussex increase
Nationally, the number of plants seized fell 14.1% year on year, and in the south-east the number of plants seized fell 5.5%.
The total number of cannabis seizures in Sussex last year rose 9.3% to 4,996 – the highest figure since 2007.
Cannabis seizures accounted for 74% of all Sussex Police drug finds – and nearly 81% in England as a whole.
Detective Chief Inspector Ali Eaton, of Sussex Police’s serious organised crime unit, said the increase in seizures and plants found reflected the police’s determination to crack gangs.
She said: “We often find organised criminals use cannabis cultivation as a way of bankrolling more serious crimes, such as heroin importation, robbery or getting firearms.
“Organised crime is national, if not international.
“Cannabis growing in Sussex might be funding an organised crime group elsewhere.”
Proceeds of Crime
She said plant seizures meant those gangs were being disrupted, and created the chance for police to launch Proceeds of Crime Act cases to strip criminals of their cash.
An Argus investigation into cannabis farms highlighted claims that individual growers are selling the bulk of their crops to bigger dealers, and selling off the rest in small amounts for extra money.
Landlords say damage worth thousands of pounds is caused when flats and houses are converted into drug factories.
On Monday, December 5 detectives led an operation in Canadia Road, Battle, which resulted in the seizure of 300 plants and harvested cannabis, worth up to £50,000.
A 78-year-old woman and a man and woman in their 50s were arrested and released on bail.
On Thursday, November 29officers working on Operation Accent, which targets crime among Eastern European migrants, seized 300 plants from an industrial unit at Forsters Yard in Quayside, Littlehampton.
Anyone with information about cannabis factories is asked to call Sussex Police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
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Comments(17)
brighton-breezy
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8:16pm Fri 7 Dec 12
Spx
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8:21pm Fri 7 Dec 12
lorrie1
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8:25pm Fri 7 Dec 12
Never thought it would happen in my lifetime but i love being proved wrong!
What I cant understand is that why NONE of the british papers have even mentioned this? This is surely a historical day for the pot smoker as it wont be long before its legal here beings that we do almost everything the U.S does. Roll on that day.
puddingandpi
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9:38pm Fri 7 Dec 12
Alan-_Hobday
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10:47pm Fri 7 Dec 12
Interestingly none of the British press want to tell people about a new documentary which takes an in-depth look at the war on (people who use) drugs, and the effect it has had. "Breaking The Taboo" was released today, you can see it free on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.c
om/user/breakingthet
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just-a-person
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12:06am Sat 8 Dec 12
lorrie1 wrote:It will never happen in the U.S totally. Thousands are serving life sentences without parole, the prison industry is thriving. The war on drugs is a joke.
Washington state legalized RECREATIONAL cannabis last night, Colorado on 6th Jan,Wont be long till its legal everywhere!
Never thought it would happen in my lifetime but i love being proved wrong!
What I cant understand is that why NONE of the british papers have even mentioned this? This is surely a historical day for the pot smoker as it wont be long before its legal here beings that we do almost everything the U.S does. Roll on that day.
Nitrous_McBread
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7:05am Sat 8 Dec 12
I rarely partake of the weed any longer 'cos it makes me hanker after bad takeaway food and laugh at stuff that isn't actually funny. But when everyone around me is smoking it and not becoming some rampaging criminal, it really pees me off that the government isn't regulating and taxing it. This would fix the economy in no time at all.
Maxwell's Ghost
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8:23am Sat 8 Dec 12
Tallywhacker
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10:55am Sat 8 Dec 12
eezyguy
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11:39am Sat 8 Dec 12
The Savage Truth
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12:00pm Sat 8 Dec 12
The hypocrisy of our drug laws wasting limited police time and resource.
Politicians need to remove head from ...
AmboGuy
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3:38pm Sat 8 Dec 12
Spx wrote:TROLL ALERT
Peadophiles running amok, limited resources for fighting crime, chasing after dope smokers and hassling motorists...
TROLL ALERT
TROLL ALERT
hubby
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5:33pm Sat 8 Dec 12
qm
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10:32am Sun 9 Dec 12
Alan-_Hobday wrote:Downloaded - looks interesting - thanks for that Alan ;)
This article shows just how urgent it is to get the cannabis trade back where it belongs: in the mainstream economy and out of the hands of the criminal element. When (not if) this happens the police will be able to concentrate on real crime like paedophiles, rapists and hoodlums.
Interestingly none of the British press want to tell people about a new documentary which takes an in-depth look at the war on (people who use) drugs, and the effect it has had. "Breaking The Taboo" was released today, you can see it free on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.c
om/user/breakingthet
aboofilm/featured
lorrie1
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4:53pm Sun 9 Dec 12
lorrie1 wrote:When i said in my previous comment that it wouldnt be long before Britian followed the U.S, suprise,suprise!! its in todays (sundays) newspapers about legalizing drugs in the uk.
Washington state legalized RECREATIONAL cannabis last night, Colorado on 6th Jan,Wont be long till its legal everywhere! Never thought it would happen in my lifetime but i love being proved wrong! What I cant understand is that why NONE of the british papers have even mentioned this? This is surely a historical day for the pot smoker as it wont be long before its legal here beings that we do almost everything the U.S does. Roll on that day.
Dave cameroon has his nose up the Americans backsides AGAIN.
cannabisoilcurescancer
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11:06pm Tue 11 Dec 12
THIS IS NO JOKE THESE CRIMINALS HAVE COMMIT GENOCIDE ALL FOR PROFIT!
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AND THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS, THEY HAVE BEEN WITHHOLDING THE CURES FOR CANCER AND MUCH MORE ALL FOR PROFIT. YOU CAN THANK THEM FOR THIS GENOCIDE AND MILLIONS OF DEATHS ALL FOR MONEY. THIS GOES MUCH DEEPER. GO AHEAD VISIT THE LINK AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.
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UglyAmerican says...
8:01pm Fri 7 Dec 12
on.
The War On Drugs, because fighting real crime is too dangerous.