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VIDEO: Suspected cannabis farm found in Melbourne Street, Derby

By Martin_Naylor  |  Posted: January 08, 2013

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POLICE are this morning dismantling a suspected cannabis farm in Derby.

Officers were called to the property, in Melbourne Street, after a member of the public alerted them to a broken window he had seen at 6.20pm last night.

When they arrived they climbed in through the window and discovered "most of the rooms in the house" filled with suspected cannabis plants.

A police spokesman said there were an estimated 100 to 150 plants, plus growing equipment inside the terraced house.

He said: "Officers from CID are this morning at the scene gathering evidence and dismantling the grow."

Anyone with information is asked to call the police on 101.

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  • SourAlienOG  |  January 09 2013, 6:25PM

    Anony_Mouse They only come out at night. If you support prohibition you support criminals and drug dealers controlling the cannabis market. SHAME ON YOU!! ! ! ! ! !! !! !!!

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  • gcmercier  |  January 09 2013, 8:39AM

    It's because of the prohibition of cannabis, despite its popularity, widespread use and the fact its scientifically proven to be safer than alcohol and tobacco, that its cultivation and sale have ended up in the black market. It would be better for all for the UK government to control, regulate and tax the sale of cannabis the way it does with alcohol and tobacco. This way it wouldn't end up being sold to minors (dealers don't ID), the quality would be standardised and it would participate with the tax revenue in getting the UK out of this recession.

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  • sinfinsam  |  January 09 2013, 2:22AM

    "by Anony_Mouse" "psycholoroblems = psychological problems, dam keyboard." I think you need to move your computer to a room without all of those lights and heaters and with a little more ventilation as reading both of your posts i think it's all starting to have an effect on you and your mental state and no i am not suggesting anything? but people are not idiots for having an opinion its as much the growers,distributors and dealers joining with the scare brigade who fight to stop it being legalised. I am severely disabled and in a huge amount of constant pain i take large amounts of morphine which helps but a little bit of something extra to help get me through the day would be brilliant unfortunately i would never break the law so i can only dream of this utopia thanks to people like you. "psycholoroblems = psychological problems, dam keyboard."

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  • Anony_Mouse  |  January 08 2013, 6:51PM

    psycholoroblems = psychological problems, dam keyboard.

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  • Anony_Mouse  |  January 08 2013, 6:49PM

    I see the "legalise it" idiots are out again. Canabis is a deadly substance which permanently damages the brain. DRiving after smoking it is no different to drink driving, just as dangerous. As use of it continues psycholoroblems manifest themselves and users become increasingly disturbed and unstable. Those who want it legalised are deluded fools and a danger to society.

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  • SourAlienOG  |  January 08 2013, 5:31PM

    Prohibition does not make cannabis vanish, disallowing legal regulation simply gifts the control to the only people in society willing to risk freedom for easy fast cash, criminals. See cannabis has been grown, sold and smoked for over 10,000 years non problematically. It has only become a problem since prohibition and 'reefermadnesspropaganda' indoctrinating a generation of well intentioned people. Why is prohibition such a problem? Well, children find cannabis easier to obtain than alcohol and tobacco (dealers dont ask for ID) Children moving onto other drugs, cannabis isnt a gateway drug, but the dealers are and may pressurize the young and vulnerable. Children are being enticed by the gangsterism cannabis prohibition has helped create, and kids are lured into organized crime. Cannabis being illegal glamorizes it in the eyes of the young rebel. Dealers only sell the stronger strains. Dealers get involved in theft of electricity, human trafficking, gang violence. The list does go on... Why is legal regulation the only way forward? Well its the only logical step if reducing harm and associated crime is your agenda. Education, prevention and therapy isnt just cheaper than prohibition and incarceration, its much more effective. Many lies have been told about cannabis, and the results from studies done are as schizophrenic as the average prohibitionist. Time for a change, time to take control away from organized crime, or at least try to. Because prohibition is a ineffective, dangerous, irresponsible economically draining exercise which is undoubtedly causing more harm than good.

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  • Batch02  |  January 08 2013, 5:08PM

    The 'suspected' plants have yet to be taken in for questioning....the culprits then need to be smoked out, rolled up and set alight

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  • PoetPeter  |  January 08 2013, 3:49PM

    On 6th November 2012 Colorado and Washington state legalised cannabis for adults! Are we so stupid in Britain that we cannot learn the lessons of history? If we prohibit something for which there is huge demand then the price rises and violent criminals become involved. If we introduced a legally regulated system we would solve nearly all the problems around cannabis. Science proves how much safer it is than tobacco, alcohol, prescription medicines and all other recreational drugs. The evidence is that where legal regulation is introduced, consumption by children and all health and social harms are reduced. Doctors would be able to prescribe one of the most effective medicines that has no serious side effects at all. At the moment the government has given GW Pharmaceuticals an illegal monopoly on cannabis so they make millions out of a medicine that you can grow in your greenhouse for virtually nothing. Independent, expert research also indicates that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion pa. Our present policy on cannabis is irrational, irresponsible and dangerous. Surely, this inevitable and long overdue reform will now begin to roll out across the world?

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  • Tamas  |  January 08 2013, 10:42AM

    ...filled with suspected cannabis plants. Surely by now the police can instantly tell what a cannabis plant looks and smells like.

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