Eight jailed after posing as electricians to divert power to UK cannabis farms

Criminals dressed as utilities repair teams dug up roads to access cables to power industrial-scale drug productionA group of eight criminals who dug up roads and diverted electricity to cannabis farms run by organised crime gangs have been jailed by a judge in Liverpool.The criminals used a legitimate company as cover and pretended to be workmen who were digging up the roads to repair utilities in a “sophisticated operation”, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/07/eight-jailed-after-posing-as-electricians-to-divert-power-to-uk-cannabis-farms

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Publish date : 2025-03-07 21:21:00

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