A MASSIVE cannabis farm has been discovered in the basement of a house in Oldham.
Officers from GMP's Neighbourhood Support Unit searched the house on Oldham Road, Failsworth, and discovered around 100 plants.
The electricity supply had also been tampered with and the supplier had to be called out to make the house safe.
Pc Phil Shaw said: "A large number of cannabis plants have been found and I am pleased that we have prevented them being used to fund any future criminality by whoever is responsible for growing them.
"I would be keen to hear from anyone who may have seen people at the address or has information about any suspicious activity."
The discovery was made at 11am on Wednesday. Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 9014 or the charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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100 cannabis plants seized
July 30, 2009
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steve wilson (30/07/2009 at 17:56)
salfordrat (30/07/2009 at 18:56)
Pearl Necklass (30/07/2009 at 20:34)
Maybe they prefer to smoke them out.
Harry Roberts , Oldham (30/07/2009 at 22:17)
salfordrat (30/07/2009 at 22:40)
Got to hand it to ya for that one Pearl :)
citycentre, manchester (31/07/2009 at 08:02)
Of Denton, Tameside (31/07/2009 at 09:45)
citycentre, manchester (31/07/2009 at 09:51)
Do you think drug dealers are violent because of the nature of cannabis, or becasue non violent, non criminal business people are prevented by law from driving them out of the market. Growing and selling cannabis is essential the same as growing and selling tomatoes, yet when did he last hear of a violent turf war over tomatoes?
Of Denton, Tameside (31/07/2009 at 10:09)
Black Flag (31/07/2009 at 10:48)
Like alcohol prohibition in the US, which was such a roaring success?
"The fact is that people who smoke pot are ignorant, antisocial, oinks - again i draw on my 12 month experiance."
As far as I am concerned, the only truly anti-social behaviour is that which forces one person's choices on another, something you appear to be guilty of.
Drug prohibition is a failed policy which no intelligent, unbiased person seems to support. It makes life worse for the user and the general public and creates criminality purely to satisfy the ignorant attitudes of the self-righteous.
citycentre, manchester (31/07/2009 at 11:23)
Why only half? The Nederlands is a relativly small country, so when forging ahead alone is likely to suffer from activities in more repressive neigbours.
"The fact is that people who smoke pot are ignorant, antisocial, oinks " As are plenty of people who don't, but that is their business.
"The notion that pot smokers are nice, quiet, people who do it behind closed doors and do not cause offense, disruption or break the law is rubbish"
What they do behind closed doors need be of no concern to us, if they commit offenses outdoors they can be policed the same way as anyone else.
Apparently (from the BBC website) there are around 200,000 instances of drug related crime a year (not other crime connected to drug use such as violence and theft)and a survey in yesterdays indipendant stated that 9 out 10 police and law enforcement agents felt that "it was "unlikely" UK drugs markets would be eradicated in the near future. "
So we can carry on as we are, spending huge amounts of money on something the people paid to do it say is impossible, and making many crimnals very rich, or mayve its time for a new approach?
Of Denton, Tameside (31/07/2009 at 11:44)
People who deal and use drugs force their choices on people just as much as those of us that dislike drugs, illegal activity and crime.
citycentre not their choice to be antisocial oinks when they threaten people and ram their lifestyle down someone elses throat, which by the way is a lifestyle connected to crime.
Don't get policed, as we found out the hard way, as the police are too overstreteched and already turn a blind eye to this sort of thing due to a lack of resources, so i had to move and my sister is now sick - would you like to explain to her that what she went through was ok??
As for alcohol prohibition, i have family that live in dry state and there are no problems there so i suggest you visit these places before making comments that are untrue!
Black Flag (31/07/2009 at 12:12)
No they don't. They might also participate in other activities which do create an imposition (as absolutely anybody might), but the taking of drugs does not inherently create an imposition on anybody else.
"citycentre not their choice to be antisocial oinks when they threaten people and ram their lifestyle down someone elses throat, which by the way is a lifestyle connected to crime."
Well, of course it is connected to crime, because the trade is deliberately made illegal. Legalise it and it need not be criminal.
"As for alcohol prohibition, i have family that live in dry state and there are no problems there so i suggest you visit these places before making comments that are untrue!"
Dry states are overwhelmingly places where for religious reasons, people would tend not to drink anyway, so it isn't comparable. Also, In my experience, dry states often have a "blind eye" policy where there is little attempt made to stop Westerners drinking in private.
So, are you suggesting that we should ban alcohol too?
citycentre, manchester (31/07/2009 at 12:16)
They are only criminals because someone passed a law, without that anyone could sell products of this plant in the same way people do with plants which are not illegal; no violence involved with cabbage is there?
"not their choice to be antisocial oinks when they threaten people and ram their lifestyle down someone elses throat, which by the way is a lifestyle connected to crime. " Which is what I said
"Don't get policed, as we found out the hard way" Again, I did point out that if the police were not so busy chasing people for buying the wrong kind of plant, then would have so much more time available to deal with violence.
"would you like to explain to her that what she went through was ok" No, beacuse the policies that hand the sale and profit from these plants to criminals are ones I oppose; maybe you should explain why criminals are made rich and powerful, just so you can say lets be tough on drugs?
Legalise and control the sale of this plant like any other, so people who want it can go to a shop and buy it, rather than a house which has been taken over by violent criminals
Of Denton, Tameside (31/07/2009 at 12:29)
The fact that it is illegal does not stop people from trying not to draw attention to themselves and to deal/use quietly without causing a disturbance to law abidiny citizens and to children.
If they had kept it quiet and low key we would not have known, however they shoved in our faces and were violent, noisey and antisocial. Again not just the dealers but also the buyers/users. they didn't respect our right to peace and quiet, and to not see illegal activity so why should i respect their decision?
Again would you like to tell my sister and my neighbours child that what they went through was ok and that it only happened because drugs are illegal? - get real!!
I wouldn't ban alcohol but people need to know their limits and be sensible. If you know alcohol makes you violent then limit your intake. Don't drink and then get in a car and put others in danger. Sadly lots of people aren't mature enough to be considerate and respectful of others.
Black Flag (31/07/2009 at 13:00)
So why not apply the same principle to other drugs?
Of Denton, Tameside (31/07/2009 at 13:44)
Black Flag (31/07/2009 at 14:25)
Of Denton, Tameside (31/07/2009 at 14:57)
To ban alcohol would put too much pressure on the police not to mention the job losses, also alcohol in small doses is beneficial and does no harm. The same cannot be said for the current list of illicit substances.
Cigerrettes on the other hand have no health benefit and are damaging to health even in small doses and probably should be banned.
Black Flag (31/07/2009 at 15:29)
That's a ridiculous sentiment. Either something should be illegal or it shouldn't.
"To ban alcohol would put too much pressure on the police..."
So you're acknowledging that making a drug illegal can increase the trouble associated with it. At least we've made a little bit of progress there.
"also alcohol in small doses is beneficial and does no harm. The same cannot be said for the current list of illicit substances."
For some it can, but it's irrelevant anyway. If it doesn't harm you, it's none of your business.
"Cigerrettes on the other hand have no health benefit and are damaging to health even in small doses and probably should be banned."
Now we really see your attitude for what it is. Trying to say that a drug should be banned because you feel there are side effects which impact on you is one thing, but when somebody can quite clearly have a cigarette in private and have no impact on anybody but themselves and you still think it is acceptable to try to forcibly prevent them, you reveal yourself to be nothing but a pious dictatorial anti-social nanny-statist.
Please learn some basic decency and respect for other people.
citycentre, manchester (31/07/2009 at 16:32)
Why? Also many of the current banned drugs used to be legal.
"To ban alcohol would put too much pressure on the police not to mention the job losses"
Yes and legalising other drugs would create jobs, and relieve pressure on the police.
"Cigerrettes on the other hand have no health benefit and are damaging to health even in small doses and probably should be banned"
True, but since everyone must know this by now, and the damage is only to the user, why not let adults decide for themsleves, rather than have a controlling government decide what we can and cannot do as if we are naughty children.
"alcohol in small doses is beneficial and does no harm. The same cannot be said for the current list of illicit substances"
Yes it can, a recent UN report said that occasional cocaine use causes virtually no health risk, and it is well documented from numerous medical studies that virtually all the adverse health effects from heroin use arise from its being illegal, and therfore of low (and unpredictable) quality and purity.
lovinthebanter, Manchester (31/07/2009 at 16:48)
BDZ, UK (01/08/2009 at 09:31)
Zimmerman, manchester (01/08/2009 at 12:00)
lovinthebanter, Manchester (01/08/2009 at 12:30)
U talk from experience of what...one case by the sounds of it, my experience of cannabis and its users i can say completely differes from what u say. all people are different and so is the case with cannabis users. if they are violent its because they are violent people not because they smoke pot.
With regards to amsterdam, it is run by criminals because cannabis in Amsterdam is an illegal substance there is no legislation that makes it legal, it is just tolerated. if made legal so people can grow sell their own and or legal organisations /companies could do it, it wouldn't be run by criminals.