Seven people have been killed in the last five years in England and Wales in incidents linked to break-ins or attempted burglaries at houses or factories which have been converted into cannabis farms.
On top of that stark statistic, in May 2022 four Vietnamese nationals died in a fire in a disused mill in Oldham, near Manchester, which is believed to have been used to grow cannabis.
Grace Robinson, a criminologist and CEO of Black Box Research and Consultancy, said: “Drug trafficking organisations have undoubtedly realised that growing cannabis in the UK is a more profitable and easier option than importing or smuggling it.”…
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