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Juicy ripe tomatoes and crunchy peas have given way to cannabis in British kitchen gardens.
International gangs have now started to use private houses or apartments as cannabis farms to draw minimum attention of law enforcement agencies.
The 2012 UK National Problem Profile for the Commercial Cultivation of Cannabis has found that the number of home-turned-farms has nearly doubled across UK between 2007 and 2011. The police detected 7,865 such in-house farms in 2012, compared to 3,032 in 2008.
The association of chief police officers in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland says 14,982 cannabis production offences were recorded in 2010/11. During the nine-month period between April and December 2011, 12,348 offences were recorded (an average of 1,372 a month). For the period April 2011 to March 2012, this rose to 16,464. Over the twoyear period, forces seized 1,096,797 plants. Based on the average street price of £134 (Rs 12,000) per ounce, this provides an estimated value of roughly £20 crore.
The association said, "There is an emergence of the multiple-site model, whereby a large number of gardeners are employed to manage small-scale factories across multiple residential areas. This spreads the risk and minimizes the potential for detection and financial loss."
Cannabis continues to be the most commonly used illegal drug in the UK.
According to the 2010/11 British Crime Survey, 6.8% of 16- to 59-year-olds (2.2 million people) had used cannabis in the past year and just under 1.3 million had used cannabis in the past month. It is also the most popular drug used by young people. The majority of cannabis is now home grown rather than imported.
Historically, resin and herbal cannabis (imported from the Caribbean and Asia) were the most popular forms of cannabis. This has changed significantly in recent years and between 1994 and 2004 the market share of skunk cannabis (intensivelycultivated domestic cannabis ) rose from 11 to 65%.
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Website: UK kitchen gardens turn cannabis farms - Times Of India
International gangs have now started to use private houses or apartments as cannabis farms to draw minimum attention of law enforcement agencies.
The 2012 UK National Problem Profile for the Commercial Cultivation of Cannabis has found that the number of home-turned-farms has nearly doubled across UK between 2007 and 2011. The police detected 7,865 such in-house farms in 2012, compared to 3,032 in 2008.
The association of chief police officers in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland says 14,982 cannabis production offences were recorded in 2010/11. During the nine-month period between April and December 2011, 12,348 offences were recorded (an average of 1,372 a month). For the period April 2011 to March 2012, this rose to 16,464. Over the twoyear period, forces seized 1,096,797 plants. Based on the average street price of £134 (Rs 12,000) per ounce, this provides an estimated value of roughly £20 crore.
The association said, "There is an emergence of the multiple-site model, whereby a large number of gardeners are employed to manage small-scale factories across multiple residential areas. This spreads the risk and minimizes the potential for detection and financial loss."
Cannabis continues to be the most commonly used illegal drug in the UK.
According to the 2010/11 British Crime Survey, 6.8% of 16- to 59-year-olds (2.2 million people) had used cannabis in the past year and just under 1.3 million had used cannabis in the past month. It is also the most popular drug used by young people. The majority of cannabis is now home grown rather than imported.
Historically, resin and herbal cannabis (imported from the Caribbean and Asia) were the most popular forms of cannabis. This has changed significantly in recent years and between 1994 and 2004 the market share of skunk cannabis (intensivelycultivated domestic cannabis ) rose from 11 to 65%.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Author: Kounteya Sinha
Contact: About Us | Indiatimes.com
Website: UK kitchen gardens turn cannabis farms - Times Of India
