Thief leads Czech police to 1,000-pot cannabis grow in Újezdeček
Czech police searching a Teplice flat over loan fraud found 125 cannabis plants drying in a hidden room, and the 25-year-old suspect then told them about a grow in an abandoned Újezdeček factory hall. Officers found more than 1,000 flowerpots there and detained the 40-year-old company director who admitted growing the cannabis; the younger man was charged with theft and drug offences.
🇨🇿 Krušnohorské strojírny engineering works, Újezdeček, Teplice District · Czechia
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- Arrested
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- Charged
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 125
Police arrived to search the Teplice flat of a 25-year-old suspected of loan frauds.[1] They found a secret room hidden behind a refrigerator.[1] The TOXI anti-drug unit seized 125 cannabis plants the man was drying there.[1]
Questioned, he said a friend had told him about a cannabis grow in an abandoned complex in Újezdeček, and that he broke in around midnight with bags and garden shears.[1] He cut as many plants as he could carry, drove them home and put them to dry, saying he wanted the marijuana for himself because he was a regular smoker.[1]
Detectives then focused on the grow, in the former Krušnohorské strojírny engineering works, and found the company renting the building paid unusually high electricity and water bills.[1] When the company’s director arrived at the hall, officers detained him.[1] Inside they found more than 1,000 flowerpots, bags of already harvested cannabis and indoor growing equipment.[1] Police also seized fertilisers, wiring, discharge lamps and fans used in the grow.[1]
The 40-year-old director, who also acted as gardener, admitted growing the cannabis.[1] The 25-year-old was charged with theft and the illegal production and handling of narcotics and faced up to five years.[2] The 40-year-old director faced two to ten years for attempted illegal production, police said.[1]
Photos and video
- Police photographs of the cannabis drying in the hidden room, the plants under lights, bags of harvested cannabis and the indoor grow in the rented hall. Photo: Police of the Czech Republic (PČR). Photos: Teplický deník
- Police video of the indoor cannabis grow found in the rented hall in Újezdeček. Source: Police of the Czech Republic (PČR). Video: Teplický deník
- A photograph of the cannabis grow found in the abandoned Újezdeček complex. Photos: Žít Teplice
Sources
- Na pěstírnu marihuany navedl kriminalisty zloděj, který tam šel krást rostliny. Teplický deník, 10 May 2016. In Czech.
- Policie náhodou objevila pěstírnu konopí. Žít Teplice, 10 May 2016. In Czech.
Open questions the AI reported
- Both reports were published on 10 May 2016. They say the flat search took place 'last Wednesday' but give no exact date for the hall search or the detentions, so the incident date is the publication date.
- The reports give no plant count for the Újezdeček hall, only more than 1,000 flowerpots and bags of harvested cannabis; the 125 plants were those seized in the flat.
- The reports do not say whether the 40-year-old director was formally charged, and neither gives a court outcome.