Police discover first cannabis farm in London financial district

[webfact]

Police discover first cannabis farm in London financial district

 

FILE PHOTO: A bus drives on an almost empty street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the financial district of London, Britain July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The first cannabis farm has been found in London's historic financial district, where office buildings have been emptied because of lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19, British police said on Wednesday.

 

The City of London Police said 826 cannabis plants were found in a building near the Bank of England. The police said there were reports of a "strong smell of cannabis", which led to the raid.

 

"This is the first cannabis factory in the City, no doubt being set up in response to fewer people being out and about during the pandemic who might have noticed any unusual activity," the police said in a statement.

 

The City of London, which is home to the world's largest commercial insurance market, banks and fund managers, has been largely deserted since March after most employees were asked to work from home.

 

During an online event on Wednesday, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said people are likely to make jokes about what the central bank's staff have been doing.

 

"We are now going to be the subject of endless jokes about ‘now we know what the Bank of England has been on,'" he said. "I’m sure there will be many other jokes. It is very quiet around the Bank of England, I should say."

 

(Reporting by Andrew MacAskill; Editing by Paul Simao)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-01-21

 

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[wombat]

at this moment there is a janitor doing little bits in his panty...lol

[Pique Dard]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Police discover first cannabis farm in London financial district

i'm sure nobody will think this comes like a surprise! it isn't a secret many brokers smoke weeds or some stronger stuff

[CraigInBangkok]

come on brothers, more carbon filters next time!!

[2530Ubon]

So banks move out of London and weed farms move in? If this could be a global pattern, the world would be a better (and more chilled out) place.

[Colabamumbai]

The first, have another puff, lots more to be found. 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Perhaps it's an investment property of the Thai Ministry of Health........

[samtab]

don't worry, many more located there...

 

[Credo]

Amazing what you find when you go sniffing around.  It's an odd number of plants.  I suspect a few may have disappeared during the investigation.  

 

Somewhere, someone is 'one toke over the line.'