Police raid disused Gala Bingo Hall and seize 2,000 cannabis plants
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 }} Police officers found almost £3m of marijuana growing in a disused bingo hall during a search in Northamptonshire. Officers seized 2,000 plants and sophisticated hydroponic growing equipment when they raided a disused Gala Bingo Hall in Kettering. “It is one of the largest I have seen even when compared to a site we found in Corby earlier this year.” In June 2018, the Institute of Economic Affairs estimated the UK’s illicit cannabis market to be worth £2.5bn each year, distributed to just over three million users of the drug.
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