17/11/2007 00:00:00
UK: Cannabis factory raids continue
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A MAN accused of growing £100,000 worth of cannabis plants in Corby has
appeared in court.
Chinese asylum seeker Zu Ming Zhou is accused of cultivating the class C
drug at Lister Close.
The 22-year-old appeared at Corby Magistrates Court yesterday following
Thursday's police raid.
Officers found hundreds of plants in the detached family home, as well
as growing equipment.
A bail application was refused and Zhou, who gave an address of
Canterbury Court, Cherry Close, Edgeware, London, was remanded in
custody. He will reappear at Corby magistrates in a week.
The court case came on the same day police raided several other
suspected cannabis factories in Northampton homes.
The closure of a sophisticated hydroponics set-up in the town yesterday
brought the number of factories discovered and closed down in just over
six months to 23.
Officers spent hours removing about 300 mature plants from the home in
Pembroke Road in Northampton. They were thought to have a street value
of about £100,000.
Two Vietnamese men were arrested at the house, which was one of five
properties searched in Northampton.
Other properties searched yesterday included homes in Thorn Hill,
Westfield Road, Duston, Dimock Square in Camp Hill, and Coverack Close,
in Delapre.
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Cannabis-factory-raids-continue.3496643.jp
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=13015
Author:
Northants Evening Telegraph via UKCIA
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