Fire at Willenhall cannabis factory
13 Oct 09 01:47 Filed in: News
Fire at Willenhall cannabis factory
The YamYam 13 Oct 09
Firefighters called to a Willenhall house on Sunday afternoon discovered a makeshift cannabis factory in an upstairs bedroom.
Police later found equipment needed for growing cannabis including heat lamps as well as cut up leaves in plastic bags. Other plants had been thrown out of the window of the house in Thorne Road and the haul is thought to worth hundreds of pounds on the drug market.
The fire is thought to have been started by faulty electrical equipment. Police spokesman Steve Garey said: “One man has been arrested and investigations are ongoing.”
The discovery comes two weeks after other cannabis factories were closed down in Pleck and in the town centre.
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