3,000-plant cannabis factory raided in Jacksdale chicken factory
Nottinghamshire Police raided a former chicken factory on Barrows Hill Lane in Jacksdale on 6 August 2008 after an anonymous Crimestoppers tip, finding about 3,000 cannabis plants worth an estimated £3 million and arresting seven men.
🇬🇧 Barrows Hill Lane, Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire · United Kingdom
An anonymous tip-off passed via Crimestoppers led Nottinghamshire Police to a former chicken
factory on Barrows Hill Lane in Jacksdale, raided on the afternoon of Wednesday 6 August 2008.[1]Inside, officers found about 3,000 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of
£3 million, plus electrical equipment worth about £250,000.[1]Police described a
sophisticated set-up, with upstairs office space converted into living quarters complete with a
gym.[1]
Chief Inspector Mark Wakeland said one attending officer, who had executed drugs warrants for
seven years, called it the biggest and most sophisticated set-up he had ever seen; plants grew
on an industrial scale across a factory floor roughly 50 metres long by 25 metres wide.[1]The force believed the haul was the biggest seized in Nottinghamshire.[1]
Seven arrested
Seven men aged 20 to 48 were arrested in connection with the find and remained in custody being
questioned; no names were published.[1]The BBC’s video report from the site confirmed
cannabis worth an estimated three million pounds found at the former chicken factory.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The BBC's text article and the Nottingham Evening Post account survive only as quoted in a forum reprint; the BBC's video page confirms the £3 million find.
The seven arrested men, aged 20 to 48, are not named and no charges or court outcome are reported in these sources.
No photograph of the raid with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources.
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