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Northern town has so many cannabis farms residents are suffering daily power cuts
On some occasions, there would be four power cuts in one day
A town in the North of England reportedly has so many cannabis farms that residents are experiencing daily power cuts.
Drug dealers in Rotherham have been using that much electricity to keep their farms going that residents have been forced to live with daily power cuts, all while the criminals make millions.
Local MP Sarah Champion claims the cannabis farms have been blowing the electric ‘sometimes four-times-a-day’ in what she describes as a ‘nightmare’.
She said: “Firstly from the anti-social behaviour associated with it and criminal gangs having turf wars… It’s been a nightmare.”
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However, police have been cracking down on these drug dealers, with sixty-one cannabis farms being shut down and 6,797 plants with a street value of £6.8million seized since October last year.
As a part of ‘Operation Glow’, police officers arrested twenty-five suspected drug dealers working for seventeen gangs, with ten since prosecuted and two jailed.
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Rotherham’s district commander Chief Supt Steve Chapman said in a statement: “People involved in the production and supply of drugs have a detrimental impact on the local area.
“The power cuts were a real issue in the community; not only that, but the organised criminals behind most of these set-ups take advantage of society’s most vulnerable who are often coerced and forced in to harbouring drugs.
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“Where drugs are, you are certain to find gang rivalry, violence and exploitation and we are going in hard in a bid to disrupt the supply chain.
“Gang crime and serious violence ruins too many lives and we are doing all we can to intervene early and target drugs as the root cause. My ask of the public is to support us in our efforts, report any concerns and help us to keep Rotherham a safe place to live.”
Northern Powergrid, which supplies the town’s electricity, said it had been cooperating with the authorities over the outages.
A spokesperson said: “We’re working closely with South Yorkshire Police after power cuts in the local area were caused by suspicious overload activities.”