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Police Seize 500 Suspected Cannabis Plants In Wootton

Simon Perry·

Isle of Wight Police have found what they suspect is a cannabis factory on the Island.

Police Seize 500 Suspected Cannabis Plants In WootonFollowing a call from a member of the public, they went to an address in Wootton Bridge at around 1.00pm on Monday.

They searched an industrial unit near Park Road, finding what they suspect are 500 cannabis plants. They’ve been taken away by the police for further analysis.

Police Seize 500 Suspected Cannabis Plants In Wootton

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what ever
27, April 2010 1:14 pm

gazette have got pictures on the site

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bovvered?
27, April 2010 1:19 pm

wot pictures? a row of police cars shot through a pair of stockings?

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wabbit
28, April 2010 8:43 am

With business rates,cost of the ferry etc.This place should go down in the history books as the last factory ever to established on the IOW.

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UpInSmoke
Reply to  wabbit
28, April 2010 12:26 pm

Like it. Will there be a Vestas style sitin about the loss of this factory?

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Jude
28, April 2010 11:45 am

What is it about the growing of cannabis that, according to the police, it is done in a “factory” ?

Are the police now tasked with adding spin to their reports to make the discovery of plants, which a significant minority of Island residents find no more threatening than tomatoes, into something sensational ?

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Jon
Reply to  Jude
28, April 2010 12:01 pm

a factory is somewhere that produces a product. so, i think that discription is accurate. as for sensationalising it, if the police publisising this makes someone else think twice before doing likewise, then good. The significant minority you mention is just that, a minority. Its illegal to grow cannabis and distribute it. Maybe it should be legalised, but its not at the moment, and so the police… Read more »

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Saint Jude
Reply to  Jon
28, April 2010 9:09 pm

I obviously do not agree. It is the police’s task to enforce the law. That cannot be argued with. It is not their job to try to use spin and propaganda, least of all on a local level. They are not qualified to attempt to shape public opinion in this way. They should leave the misuse of language to politicians. Factories do produce things, but not all… Read more »

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Wots going on 'ere then?
Reply to  Jude
28, April 2010 12:39 pm

This is an outrageous waste of police time, their time should be spent finding the culprits who turned Andrew Turner into a raging demon ;-)

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2tru
Reply to  Jude
28, April 2010 1:49 pm

Many agree with you

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No.5
Reply to  2tru
28, April 2010 1:54 pm

The majority don’t…its the Polices job to catch Lawbreakers, not make the laws.

well done for doing their job

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seb
29, April 2010 11:11 am

let’s hope it was premium quality cannabis.

there’s nothing worse than turning up at a `factory` to buy some cannabis and having to walk away with a poor-quality smoke!!

http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/Drug-39farms39-former-fighter-is.6226404.jp
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BTW
“I know of no plant that would ever be reasonably be considered to be grown in a factory”

i think quite a lot of horticultural produce is now grown in factory-like huge enclosures.

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