Three men jailed for turning nuclear bunker into £2m-a-year cannabis factory
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Three men who turned an underground nuclear bunker designed for Army VIPs into the "largest cannabis factory to be found in the south of England" have been jailed for a total of 18 years. Prosecutor Charles Thomas said: "This case concerns what had originally been built and designed as a nuclear bunker to be used by important personnel coming from the Army headquarters in the event of a nuclear war. "In return you in your own way have decided to use this large nuclear bunker to carry out the production on an industrial scale of cannabis." "It sends a clear message to the public that the production of cannabis is an incredibly serious offence and it's been acknowledged the three defendants played a significant role within this criminal conspiracy.
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