marijuana scented d2d

[bensonhedge]

Dont get too excited....only from bloody crimestoppers

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Marijuana-scented cards to help track down cannabis farms

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Marijuana-scented scratch-and-sniff cards are being posted to hundreds of households in a bid to detect illegal cannabis farms.

Crimestoppers, which runs the campaign, said the cards would help people to recognise the smell of cannabis and report suspected plantations to police.

The charity said there was a 15% rise in the number of cannabis farms found in homes between 2011 and 2012.

Ben Ando reports. vid at link

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Marijuana-scented scratch cards are to be posted to thousands of households in a bid to detect illegal cannabis farms.

Crimestoppers, which runs the campaign, said the cards would help people to recognise the smell of cannabis and report suspected plantations to police.

The charity said there was a 15% rise in the number of cannabis farms found in homes between 2011 and 2012.

The West Yorkshire Police area had the largest number of cannabis plantations uncovered in the UK.

According to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), about 1,800 cannabis farms were found in the area by officers between 2010 and 2012.

Distribution areas by police force

Avon & Somerset
Greater Manchester
Hertfordshire
Humberside
Kent
London
Merseyside
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
South Yorkshire
Suffolk
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

South Yorkshire had the second highest number with 1,600 farms uncovered in the same period.

Other hotspots included London, where more than 1,200 farms were detected, Greater Manchester, which had 800 plantations uncovered and Humberside, where officers found nearly 300 cultivations.
'Crackdown on cannabis'

Andy Bliss, from ACPO, said: "Many people don't realise that the empty, run-down house or flat on their street with people coming and going late at night may actually be a commercial cannabis farm.

"It's not just the stereotype of the remote rural set or disused industrial estate unit.

"These farms are often run by organised criminals [and] they bring crime and anti-social behaviour into local communities causing real harm and leaving people feeling unsafe."

Crimestoppers said growers were moving way from commercial and industrial properties and using homes to cultivate the plants.

The green and black cards, which are being distributed to 210,000 households, release a scent when scratched that replicates the smell of cannabis during its growing state.

The charity hopes the campaign would lead to a crackdown on the crime.

Roger Critchell, director of operations at Crimestoppers, said: "We are distributing scratch and sniff cards because not many people know how to recognise the signs of cannabis cultivation happening in their neighbourhood.

"Many are also not familiar with the established links between this crime and serious organised crime."

The initiative started three years ago in Holland, where 30,000 scratch cards were distributed to homes.

[fishtank]

You don't need this nonsense.
Just look for the guy putting £500 on his electricity prepayment key.

[clashcityrocker]

Could you use the cards as an excuse for forgetting to do your D2D?

[fishtank]

Could you use the cards as an excuse for forgetting to do your D2D?

Maybe this will encourage members to have their meal relief...

[Hitcher]

Got a late tip from a customer who said she was sorry she missed me at Christmas but it was because her husband had left and she'd been done for cannabis cultivation.

[Lincox]

Most farms are detected by helicopter. They have devices on board which can detect excess light, heat etc coming from the house. Most electric meters are bypassed. A customer that I do gardening for had let her mothers house after the mother died. Vietnamese couple rented and turned into a canabis factory. Detected by helicopter. Police arrived and removed 150 Large Pots from a 3 bed house. All in bedrooms and attic. The ceilings were bowing with the weight.

[maisymoo04]

Goin to keep all mine

[noggin1969]

Be funny if they come the same week as the Domino Pizza D2D's

[DB1100]

Maybe if they had more police on the streets they wouldn't need this brain fart of an idea.

[fishtank]

Just look for the guy carrying a wasted girl and a bag of fertilizer.
He doesn't look like your average horti-f***ing- culturalist!

[two-tired-feet]

i'm gonna roll mine up and smoke it

[eastie]

At the end of the round we are going to stink like a drug dealer

[clashcityrocker]

What are the odds on a 750 delivery point round of hearing a song about marijuana on someone else's radio while delivering marijuana scented D2D?