Police seized approximately 3,000 cannabis plants worth more than £1 million in a raid on an industrial unit on the Fisher Street Industrial Estate in Tipton.[1] Officers also seized ventilation and lighting equipment and began deconstructing the growing operation.[1] Two Vietnamese nationals, a 32-year-old man and a 16-year-old youth, both of no fixed address, were arrested during the raid and have been charged and remanded in custody.[1]
3,000-plant cannabis factory raided at Fisher Street estate in Tipton
Police raided an industrial unit on the Fisher Street Industrial Estate in Tipton and seized about 3,000 cannabis plants worth more than £1 million. Two Vietnamese nationals were arrested and charged and remanded in custody.
🇬🇧 Fisher Street Industrial Estate, Tipton, West Midlands · United Kingdom
- Arrested
- 2
- of them seized
- 3,000
- Cannabis
- Living plants
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 2
- of them seized
- 3,000
- Value (official estimate)
- GBP 1,000,000
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Living plants (3,000 plants)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Other building
- Grown
- Indoor
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Date
- Publication date
Sources
- BusinessLivebusiness-live.co.ukPlants seized at Black Country cannabis factory
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no separate date for the raid; 21 September 2010 is its publication date.
- The two arrested men were charged and remanded but no names, court dates or outcomes were reported.
- Only one source could be opened for this event; a second account was not found.
- Police put the crop value at more than £1 million; the report uses £1,000,000.
