UK Police Mistakes Private Workshop for Weed Farm
March 3rd, 2009 by Silvio
A police helicopter of the West Yorkshire, UK Police picked up a heat pattern from a house, and the authorities assumed they discovered a so-called “cannabis factory.” British officers didn’t waste any time, and after the necessary search warrant was obtained, they sent a team to the house in question to further investigate.
And further investigate they did. The fact that the door was locked and the bars on the windows must have aroused suspicions. After all, who keeps his doors locked if he has nothing to hide, right?
So they kicked down the door, and turned the place upside down. And what looked like the heat signature of a high profile marijuana grow OP from 1000 feet, turned out to be a stove in the workshop of Rowe, 41, a college technician and model citizen with no former convictions whatsoever.
When Rowe returned home, he didn’t find any officers explaining anything to him, just a kicked down door, and a mess in his workshop. The police did however state later, they left the door in a “secure state” when they left, probably to prevent a break-in. They also agreed to pay £200 for repairs.
