Police discover and start to dismantle £1million cannabis factory

1 week, 3 days ago

India’s farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop

Cultivation of banned drug brings relative riches to farmers willing to risk conflict with the law. Change in lifestyle Cannabis cultivation, even though banned in Odisha, is a highly lucrative business for the farmers and has brought them overnight riches. Senior state police officials told Al Jazeera they are putting in their best effort to stop the illegal trade and …

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2 weeks ago

13 ways to spot a cannabis farm in your neighbourhood

The Independent

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4 weeks ago

US cops find mysterious $100 million in marijuana - but no owner

Raw Story

A massive marijuana bust has left US cops stumped after they found $100 million worth of the drug, neatly bagged up, but without an owner in sight. Detectives were called to a property in Oak Hills, California, by neighbors who noted a strong smell coming from a newly built warehouse. Once they got inside, they found the whole 4,800-square-foot structure …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Authorities raid 45-ton, $100-million marijuana stash in San Bernardino County

LA Times

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies discovered more than 90,000 pounds of marijuana while serving a search warrant in the Hesperia area, authorities said. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department this week announced the seizure of more than 90,000 pounds of marijuana from a property in the Hesperia area. California San Bernardino County has targeted majority Latino community for warehouse development, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Marijuana Smuggling Racket Busted in Surat; Two from Odisha Arrested

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: Gujarat Police apprehended two individuals on charges of smuggling marijuana, seizing over 14.6 kilograms of the contraband, valued at approximately Rs 1.5 lakh. The operation, carried out by a team from Udhna Police Station, was part of the state's intensified "No Drugs in Gujarat" campaign, reports revealed on Tuesday. Interestingly, Gujarat's crackdown comes as Odisha intensifies its “Green Clean …

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‘80 ganja plants seized’: Greater Noida man arrested for growing cannabis on 10th floor flat, selling on dark web

Live Mint

A man from Greater Noida was arrested after the police discovered illegal cultivation of cannabis inside his apartment in a housing society, reported PTI on Tuesday. Around 80 ganja plants with more than 2 kg of cannabis were seized from the apartment, the report stated, citing Deputy Commissioner of Police Saad Miya Khan. “The accused was utilising advanced aeroponic techniques, …

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Greater Noida resident cultivates ‘ganja’ inside flat, sells on dark web; arrested

Hindustan Times

The Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a man for allegedly cultivating cannabis, also called ‘ganja’, inside his apartment in a Greater Noida society and selling it on the dark web. Accused ordered seeds from international website: Police DCP Khan said Chaudhary was allegedly using advanced aeroponic techniques which he learned through online resources, to cultivate cannabis in a fully controlled …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Man arrested in Greater Noida for running illegal cannabis cultivation setup inside his flat

India TV News

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a man for illegally cultivating cannabis inside his apartment in a housing society in the Greater Noida area. "The accused was utilising advanced aeroponic techniques, which he learned through online resources, to cultivate cannabis in a fully controlled environment," the police stated. Accused used dark web to communicate with buyers …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Cannabis Biomass Power Plant: A Sustainable Solution for Raipur

New Indian Express

Police in Raipur have found a way to convert massive amounts of confiscated cannabis into biomass for power generation. The cannabis was collected and processed at a private power plant, where it was converted into biomass through a process called 'biomass combustion'. This method produces electricity without emitting harmful pollutants like carbon emissions. The initiative is aimed at reducing drug …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Nandyal Police Seize 52 Vehicles, 20 Litres of Illicit Liquor in Cordon and Search Operations

The Hindu

Nandyal district police conducted cordon and search operations across various police station limits in the district on Sunday, resulting in the seizure of 52 vehicles without proper documentation and 20 litres of illicit liquor. The operations were conducted as part of preventive measures to curb crime and maintain law and order in the area.

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Huge increase in cannabis found in suitcases at UK airports

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Recent cases include 51-year-old Spanish national Fernando Mayans Fuster, who was stopped at Manchester Airport with eight suitcases containing 158 …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Brazen’ airline passengers bringing ‘suitcases full of cannabis’ into UK

The Independent

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5 months ago

Over 760Kg of Marijuana found inside abandoned Pataudi house: Ggm Police

Hindustan Times

Gurugram police crime branch seized 762 kilograms of marijuana hidden inside an abandoned house in Nanu Khera village, Pataudi, marking the largest marijuana recovery in the city’s history, officers said on Wednesday. The crime branch of DLF Phase-IV acted on an intelligence input indicating a large consignment of contraband was hidden in Pataudi. Assistant commissioner of police Varun Kumar Dahiya …

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6 months ago

60kg cannabis being smuggled to Delhi seized, 3 arrested

Hindustan Times

Noida: The Noida Police on Friday arrested three people for allegedly smuggling 60 kilograms of cannabis -- estimated to be worth over ₹25 lakh -- from Odisha to Noida, officers said. Kumar, the alleged mastermind, revealed during interrogation that they didn’t bring large consignments rather carried it “in smaller quantities by hiding it and travelling trains and buses”. According to …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

800 kg marijuana worth ₹4 cr seized from Noida, 3 arrested

Hindustan Times

Noida: The Noida police’s crime response team seized a truck carrying 800 kg of marijuana, estimated to be worth around ₹4 crore in the international market, from Sector 62 roundabout late Wednesday night, officers said on Thursday, adding that police have arrested three suspects. The drugs, hidden in a truck along with 2,000 litres of pesticide worth ₹60 lakh, were …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Assam cops arrest 7 suspected drug peddlers; 1.9kg heroin, 800kg cannabis seized

Hindustan Times

Silchar: The Assam Police in three separate operations in Cachar and Karimganj districts on Saturday night, arrested seven suspected drug peddlers, including two Manipur residents, and seized 1.9 kilograms of heroin and 800 kilograms of cannabis, officials said. The arrested include two suspected drug peddlers from neighbouring Manipur Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday morning shared the information …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Two drug suppliers held with 30 kg cannabis in Chandigarh

Hindustan Times

As part of their crackdown against drugs, the crime branch of the Chandigarh Police arrested two suppliers after recovering 29.8 kg cannabis from them on Saturday, officials said. A police party near the cremation ground in Chandigarh’s Daria village, apprehended Swain on suspicion and recovered a commercial quantity of 20.3 kg cannabis from his possession. A police party near the …

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10 months ago

549 kg of marijuana worth above ₹1.1 crore seized in Sohna, two held

Hindustan Times

Gurugram: Two suspects were arrested from the Palwal-Sohna Road while allegedly smuggling a consignment of 549 kilograms of marijuana worth above ₹1.1 crore after hiding it in a container truck, police said on Wednesday. Senior police officials, called it one of the biggest ever hauls in the district, and said this lone drug consignment was more than half of the …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Noida: Two arrested for smuggling cannabis into city in rental cars

Hindustan Times

Noida police on Thursday arrested two men who allegedly smuggled cannabis into Delhi and other National Capital Region cities from Odisha, said police, adding that to evade police checking, they used to rent new SUVs and stash the cannabis under the bonnet. Noida, deputy commissioner of police, Vidya Sagar Mishra said, “On Thursday, around 2am, police were alerted that two …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Police destroy more than $11m worth of cannabis after aerial raids on regional properties

ABC

Victorian Special Operations Group police have launched a series of aerial raids on remote central Victorian properties to seize more than $11m worth of cannabis. Key points: Police fast-roped from helicopters to seize more than 1.4 tonnes of cannabis on regional Victorian properties and suburban Melbourne They detained eight Vietnamese nationals as part of the investigation into an organised crime …

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1 year, 4 months ago

6kg heroin found hidden in battery along border in Gurdaspur

Hindustan Times

The Border Security Force recovered 6kg of heroin concealed in a battery near the Zero Line at Dostpur village of Gurdaspur district, a BSF spokesperson said on Wednesday. “Six packets of heroin weighing a total of 6.3kg and a packet containing 70g of suspected opium were found in the 12-volt battery ahead of the border fencing,” the spokesperson said. 2.6 …

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1 year, 6 months ago

More than 1,000 arrested and £130m of cannabis seized in UK-wide crackdown

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Men to face court after cannabis worth £156,000 found in car by police

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Marijuana use a common sight in Nacharam

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Spot checks and investigation by Deccan Chronicle found nearly 250 youngsters, including over 100 minors, consuming marijuana at isolated locations of Nacharam — abandoned factories in IDA Nacharam and a culvert of a park in Raghavendranagar. K. Rajyalakshmi, of Chilkanagar, said, “Police patrols the roads but the ganja consumers stay inside the vast area and cannot be seen from …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Spain’s largest ever cannabis seizure as 32 tonnes of drug worth £57m found in raid

The Independent

The largest haul of cannabis ever seized by Spanish police was discovered in a series of raids across the country, officers said. Around 32 tonnes of the crop were found, adding up to a street value of £57m, a spokesperson for Guardia Civil, Spain’s national police force, said. open image in gallery Vacuum sealed product would be sent all over …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Narcotics bureau staff destroy illegal cannabis growing across 1,032 hectares in Himachal

Firstpost

Based on inputs received the central agency formed teams and carried out surveys on the ground, resulting in the discovery of more such areas where cannabis was being grown in the districts of Himachal Pradesh New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Narcotics staff have destroyed 1,032 hectares of illegal cannabis cultivation in what is believed to be the biggest operation …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Cannabis farm found in school building

The Independent

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2 years, 7 months ago

Amsterdam cops stop cargo bike and find cannabis haul, €400,000

NL Times

The Amsterdam police arrested two people suspected of drug trafficking and seized a large amount of cannabis and some 400,000 euros in cash on Friday, May 20. All this was made possible by one of the suspects skipping a red light on his cargo bike, the police said on Thursday. At around 11:30 a.m. on May 20, the police noticed …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Five arrested in connection with underground marijuana grow in San Bernardino County

LA Times

Law enforcement is looking for six people in connection with an underground marijuana grow that was discovered in Newberry Springs in March, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced on Monday. The investigation began in August 2020, when law enforcement found more than 2,000 live, potted marijuana plants, eight greenhouses and more than 100 pounds of processed marijuana on a …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Royal Navy warship seizes cannabis worth £6.5m in Middle East

The Independent

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3 years, 2 months ago

This is how cannabis gets turned into CBD

Wired

Cannabidiol, or CBD, as it's better known, was once only a concern of the most tiresome of stoners. "All of a sudden, there's a lot of media articles,” he says – it catapulted CBD into the national consciousness. CBD is one of the two active components of cannabis, along with THC – which remains illegal in Britain “The availability of …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Largely Shut Down for a Year, Police Discover First Cannabis Farm in London Financial District

News 18

The first cannabis farm has been found in London’s historic financial district, where office buildings have been emptied because of lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19, British police said on Wednesday. The City of London Police said 826 cannabis plants were found in a building near the Bank of England. “This is the first cannabis factory in the City, …

London Bank

3 years, 11 months ago

‘Significant’ cannabis factory discovered next to Bank of England in City of London

The Independent

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4 years ago

Cannabis crop uncovered north of Adelaide could contain 10,000 plants, police say

ABC

SA Police say a cannabis crop in Adelaide's northern outskirts is one of the biggest ever uncovered in the state and will take several days to be dismantled and destroyed. Key points: Eight people were arrested in connection with the cannabis operation Police said the illegal crop could have been worth millions of dollars Suspects allegedly tried to flee the …

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4 years ago

Police find dozens of firearms and drug lab in Noord-Brabant

NL Times

The police found a large amount of chemical waste in a raid on a shed in Someren, a municipality in Noord-Brabant. According to the police, the shed was being used as a drug lab. During the raid on the house, the police arrested a 68-year-old man from Someren and two men aged 38 and 55 from Deurne. In the shed …

Drug Lab Someren

4 years, 1 month ago

Arnhem cannabis farm found in investigation into possible murders, suicide

NL Times

The police found a cannabis plantation in the investigation into the deaths of two men in Arnhem and one in Amersfoort, all of whom were found seriously injured or killed in separate locations on Friday. The cannabis was found in a building on Jansbinnensingel, where the police found a seriously injured man on Friday. The police found the seriously injured …

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4 years, 2 months ago

4 hurt in apartment fire; Cannabis farm, explosives found next door

NL Times

Police in Friesland said that an apartment fire in Sneek which injured four people led to the discovery of what they called a cannabis plantation at a neighboring home. "A cannabis plantation was found during the evacuation of the adjacent houses," police said. "The suspect, a 47-year-old man, states that he has found the historical explosives as a hobby in …

Cannabis Plantation

4 years, 3 months ago

Inland ship converted into massive cannabis plantation

NL Times

A large professionalized cannabis nursery was found hidden in the hold of an inland shipping vessel where 2,000 marijuana plants were being reared. Police acting on an anonymous tip said that the cargo area of the ship was converted into a massive grow house. “In the hold of the ship, they found an operating, professionally set up, hemp farm,” police …

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4 years, 3 months ago

4-acre marijuana farm unearthed in Karnataka, 9,872 kg of ganja seized

India TV News

The Karnataka Police has discovered a 4-acre Marijuana farm in Chitradurga district's Rampura. As per The News Minute's report, the Rampura Police had received a call from one of the locals and informed them that they had seen cannabis plant being cultivated in Vaderahalli, located in Molakalmuru taluk. The locals showed the police a four-acre plot nearby and the police …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Border agents find big marijuana cache in truck entering US

Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Border agents found nearly 9500 pounds of marijuana hidden in a commercial truck entering Buffalo from Canada in the biggest drug seizure on record at the northern border, authorities said Monday. The driver, Prabjot Nagra, faces federal charges after an X-ray of his trailer at the Peace Bridge on June 25 revealed irregularities that led Customs and …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Sharp rise in discovered drug labs, especially in east NL

NL Times

The number of drug labs the police discovered and dismantled in the Netherlands nearly doubled in four years. Noord-Brabant is still the main province when it comes to discovered drug labs, but more and more drug criminals are being caught in the eastern parts of the country. Last year nine meth labs were discovered in the Netherlands. While the number …

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5 years, 4 months ago

Four men arrested in Rotterdam after record-breaking heroin haul in UK

Dutch News

Four men have been arrested in Rotterdam after British police found 1.3 tonnes of heroin hidden on a container ship in Felixstowe harbour. ‘Upon arrival, officers moved in and arrested four people who were in the process of unloading the consignment,’ the British crime agency said in a statement. An NCA investigation has resulted in the largest ever seizure of …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Police raid disused Gala Bingo Hall and seize 2,000 cannabis plants

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