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02-20-2009 02:25 PM |
Police Find Cannabis Farm At Primary School
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A caretaker was arrested after police found a huge cannabis farm in a primary school in Streatham, south London.
Officers said cannabis plants were being grown under hydroponic lights in the school's boiler room, according to The Sun.
Caretaker Michael Griffin, 44, was arrested and charged with drug offences following the find at Hitherfield Primary School.
Police raided it after an electricity company tipped them off about excessive power consumption at the school.
They found a total of 31 mature cannabis plants which were then removed.
Officers waited until the 442 pupils at the school, who are aged three to 11, were on half-term holiday before they raided the boiler room.
A police source told The Sun: "As soon as we opened the doors to the boiler room we were hit by the most pungent smell.
"There were dozens of plants, in rows, being encouraged to grow quickly under hydroponic lights.
"It was a professional set-up that had been there months."
The school's headteacher Chris Ashley-Jones said: "I immediately suspended the individual concerned. We do not believe these allegations involve any pupils."
Griffin is due to appear at Camberwell Magistrates' Court in London.
About £60 million worth of cannabis was seized in Britain last year. Lamps provide artificial light and heat, allowing the plants to be grown inside.
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