{"id":27075,"date":"2018-08-03T11:31:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T10:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=27075"},"modified":"2018-08-03T11:31:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T10:31:01","slug":"bordesley-green-house-fire-reveals-200k-cannabis-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/03\/bordesley-green-house-fire-reveals-200k-cannabis-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Bordesley Green house fire reveals \u00a3200k cannabis factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>West Midlands Police <\/strong>were then after<strong> called to the blaze at<\/strong> 7am<strong> on Thursday, tweeting video footage from inside the house. The fire destroyed the roof of the property &#8211; and exposed a large-scale drugs farm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">Firefighters called to statements of a house blaze in Bordesley Green exposed a bumper haul of cannabis plants with a street value of \u00a3200,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">The fire tore through the roof of the terraced property on Blake Lane and is thought to have been sparked by defective electrical equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\"> <iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news_2\" style=\"outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news_2\" width=\"8px\" height=\"8px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-integralas-id-f02a49c4-af36-fc6a-27e8-19298bc584cf=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe> It shows officers from the Cannabis Team wearing breathing apparatus, as they examine the residues of the roof.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">Electrical equipment can be seen hanging from a huge gaping hole in the ceiling, while a huge number of potted cannabis plants appear to have lasted the blaze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">The Cannabis Team tweeted: &#8220;We work in the most dangerous of conditions many times a day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">&#8220;This fire dealt, with by West Midlands Fire Service, prevented it spreading to neighbouring properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">&#8220;This is our everyday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">&#8220;We train hard to make this easy for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"converse-re cre-center\" style=\"outline: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; 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word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">&#8220;All of the Cannabis Team are skilled operators in dangerous environments.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">No arrests were made after the finding and police investigations continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 17.25pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #141414;\">A spokesman for West Midlands Police alleged: &#8220;Police were called to Blake Lane, Bordesley Green, by West Midlands Fire Service just before 7am today (2 August), where the remains of a large cannabis factory were discovered.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; 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