Scotland: Cannabis gangs behind grow your own boom
Many hydroponic users like this grower stick to legal produce but drugs gangs are involved elsewhere. Picture: Getty DAVID O’LEARY
COMPANIES selling equipment for cultivating plants without soil and with artificial light have revealed a huge sales boost due to the continued growth of the “urban homegrown market”.
Police have claimed the rise is linked to the cannabis industry as growing operations are uncovered all across Scotland with on average one farm a day being raided by officers.
However, industry leaders have disputed this claim, stating instead that increased public awareness of food security and people’s interest in harvesting their own fruit and vegetables are responsible for the growth in sales.
Kenny Simpson, who was a drugs squad sergeant for more than 20 years and is now national coordinator for Police Scotland’s Statement of Opinion (Stop) unit, believes that it would be “naive” to think the success of such companies...
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