Emergency crews called to a chip-pan fire at the One Two Three eatery on Park Lane in Macclesfield at about 10.15am on Saturday 14 June 2008 found 700 cannabis plants growing in the premises above the shop.[1] Police estimated the plants were worth £50,000, and officers recovered sophisticated lighting and heating equipment from the rooms upstairs.[1] Fire teams spent five hours tackling the blaze with hoses, breathing apparatus and extraction equipment before the area was made safe.[1]

The find came two months after the 17,000-plant Bridge Street factory was discovered in the same town, and the local police chief said the force would deploy a plane with thermal imaging equipment to hunt for more growing sites.[1] No arrests had been made in connection with the Park Lane factory at the time of going to press.[1]