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Fourth cannabis raid in two months

12:20pm Monday 4th June 2007

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A HOUSE being used to grow cannabis has been raided by police.

A warrant was executed on the house in Littlebrook Manor Way, Dartford, after officers on patrol noticed a strange smell coming from the three-bedroom terraced property.

Further investigation revealed the electricity meter has also been bypassed.

The raid, which took place at 10am on May 30, saw a total of 140 semi-mature cannabis plants seized and a large quantity of leaves, which had been harvested and were drying.

Specialist lighting and heating equipment were also confiscated although no arrests have yet been made in relation to the raid.

The find is the fourth to have been made in north Kent since April.

The other properties raided were in High Street, Swanscombe, Tynedale Close, Dartford and Hillhouse Road, Stone.

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Dilys Wood, Stoke-on-Trent says...
4:37pm Mon 4 Jun 07

Surely it's time for cannabis to be legalised so that the police can spend their valuable time dealing with crimes which have a victim. Why are we paying for them to bust cannabis growers? There is no benefit to society, cannabis has always been and remains readily available from dealers. This is just an easy way for police to acheive their conviction targets, it does nothing to make society safer. Isn't that what they should be focussed on?

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Doz Latte, Leicestershire says...
7:45pm Mon 4 Jun 07

There is no benefit in all of this. Cannabis will always be available, for there will always be people willing to take risk for the profit involved. For every one of these houses 'busted', ten more flourish, so legalise, tax, regulate, educate. This shambles of prohibition we have at the moment is madness.

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Winston Matthews, Horley, Surrey says...
9:38pm Mon 4 Jun 07

Prohibition doesn't work, just legalise and regulate!
Wasn't cannabis made class C, so the police, could get on with catching criminals?

cannabis use, doesn't have any victims, also is less harmful that a cup of tea.

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John, stoke says...
9:37am Tue 5 Jun 07

THe sooner we decriminalise cannabis as a safer alternative to alcohol for adult the sooner we have a chance of reducing the 8,000 deaths a year caused by alcohol.Noone has ever died directly from cannabis.It should be legal for any adult to grow up to 5 plants on their own property.We then remove the profit motive that finances criminal gangs and has them stood outside our school gates.

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Tom, Bristol, UK says...
9:54am Tue 5 Jun 07

Cannabis should be free to be grown anywhere for two main reasons.

1.Cannabis seeds are one of the most complete nutritive sources for humans. This easily grown plant will dramatically improve health when locally grown and consumed by the population.

2.Illegal cannabis has been forced inside to be grown under high intensity lights. As well as wasting massive amounts of electricity, this treatment of raising a natural herb alters its psychoactive effects inside the human brain. A plant grown out of sunlight under the buzzing of electrical devices imparts these characteristics to humans who consume it - feeling trapped, isolated, secretive, paranoid, unhealthy and devoid of the benefits of natural stimuli. Plants grown outside imbibe the sun, moon, wind and rain to their benefit and the benefit of the consumer.

Health or Death?

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Karen, Kent says...
10:09am Tue 5 Jun 07

The government should just legalise it and then they can start taxing it because at the moment there is no income from it, yet we still have the costs of raids plus any health cost implications, like with alchohol and smoking.

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Steve Hayes, Kent says...
1:13pm Tue 5 Jun 07

Legalisation, regulated growing, selling and taxation of cannabis would reap millions of pounds in taxes which could be well spent on to the betterment of society.

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nick goldsmith, north cave / hull says...
9:42am Wed 6 Jun 07

i think it is time for it to be aloud now there are more harmfull chemiclas in england than cannabis. lots of people do it the only reason why you are not letting it illegal is that you carnt make tax on it.

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Jason, Cambridgeshire says...
5:13pm Fri 8 Jun 07

My Hydroponics and gardening company has now been raided 3 times in under 8 months. On all three occasions Police made the accusation that Cannabis is being grown within my business premises and my family home. On all three occasions they failed to find any plants in both premises.
Is this harrasment??
Is this victimization because my company supplies Hydroponic equipment??

I will leave you to decide.

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Nerva, welling says...
2:48pm Fri 4 Jan 08

The government should legalise it becausei like it its nice

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unknown, bromlley says...
6:27pm Fri 11 Jul 08

people who grow cannabis are treated like thugs by police! because of the 'money' they think is involved. i thought the law was in place to protect the public but recent news has showed crime is more important when money is involved rather than when someone is hurt.

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