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Do you know how to spot a cannabis factory in your local neighbourhood ?

Dear Resident,

Do you know how to spot a cannabis factory?

If you suspect a property is being used in the production of cannabis, look out for the following signs, 

  • A powerful distinctive sweet, sickly aroma
  • Frequent visitors throughout the day and night
  • Blacked out windows, or vents sealed/blocked to prevent the heat and smell of cannabis from inside the property escaping
  • Chinks of bright light throughout the night
  • Birds gathering on the roof, particularly in cold weather
  • In winter, snow melting unusually quickly on the roof
  • High levels of condensation on windows
  • Noise from fans
  • Large amounts of rubbish, including compost bags
  • Electricity meter being tampered with/altered and new cabling, sometimes leading to street lighting.
  • Signs for letting agents and landlords to look for with a tenant,

  • Poor or no references from a previous letting agent
  • Offering to pay several months in advance
  • Preference to pay rent in cash without reasonable cause
  • Wanting to keep the utility bills in a landlord’s name
  • Asking for complete privacy, requesting no periodic inspections or preventing the inspection of the property even when given reasonable notice
  • Changing locks to keep landlords and agents away from a property
  • You can report by calling 101 for non - emergency or always 999 if a crime in progress with you or someone in immediate danger 

    Online Reporting https://www.met.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/

    Crimestoppers https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/forms/give-information-anonymously

    Crimestoppers  0800 555 111  100% anonymously Always 

    Cannabis cultivation | Crimestoppers


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    Billy Tormey
    (Metropolitan Police, A/PS, Higham Hill SNT)
    Neighbourhood Alert