UK Police Raid Purported Cannabis Farm, Find Huge Bitcoin Mine Instead – ReportPosted by MMP News AuthorOn May 30, 2021

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Police surveillance had witnessed a large number of people visiting the building at various times throughout the day, and there were numerous wiring and ventilation ducts visible. A police drone had also detected a significant amount of heat emanating from the structure – all “classic signs” of a weed farm – the police thought.

West Midlands Police in the United Kingdom discovered an illegal bitcoin mine while searching for a cannabis grower in an industrial unit on the outskirts of Birmingham.

According to a statement, the mine was stealing thousands of pounds worth of electricity from the mains supply. The raid took place on May 18 in Sandwell after the police received information that led them to assume it was being used for cannabis cultivation.

However, as soon as they broke into the suspicious location, they discovered a bank of roughly 100 computers but no cannabis at all.

“It’s certainly not what we were expecting!” Jennifer Griffin, a Sandwell police sergeant, said in a statement. “It had all the hallmarks of a cannabis cultivation set-up and I believe it’s only the second such crypto mine we’ve encountered in the West Midlands.”

01:04 GMT 31.05.2021Get short URL

Police surveillance had witnessed a large number of people visiting the building at various times throughout the day, and there were numerous wiring and ventilation ducts visible. A police drone had also detected a significant amount of heat emanating from the structure – all “classic signs” of a weed farm – the police thought.

West Midlands Police in the United Kingdom discovered an illegal bitcoin mine while searching for a cannabis grower in an industrial unit on the outskirts of Birmingham.

According to a statement, the mine was stealing thousands of pounds worth of electricity from the mains supply. The raid took place on May 18 in Sandwell after the police received information that led them to assume it was being used for cannabis cultivation.

However, as soon as they broke into the suspicious location, they discovered a bank of roughly 100 computers but no cannabis at all.

“It’s certainly not what we were expecting!” Jennifer Griffin, a Sandwell police sergeant, said in a statement. “It had all the hallmarks of a cannabis cultivation set-up and I believe it’s only the second such crypto mine we’ve encountered in the West Midlands.”