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Posted by TopGuy90 4 weeks ago
Not experienced in this at all, but do we reckon this loft has been used as a grow operation?

Strong smell of weed in the property but I don’t know if this is just some weird insulation? What do we reckon?

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Posted by trappedIL10 4 weeks ago

Yes. Now Call police

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Posted by KevCCV 4 weeks ago

Concurred. Call the police.

In a friend's case, they only realised there was weed operation (well, the leftover. No weed was found) when THEY TRY TO CHANGE SMART METERS and was rejected! Because they didn't recognise it was weed lab leftover.

The saga went that the energy company later believed the friend didn't steal any energy. Then the friend called police. A constable visited and said only if any plants were found then called police again. Otherwise, the friend was given a police incident record and allowed to clear the loft themselves.

No weed was found, but there were lots of rubbish churned out from their loft!

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Posted by Fun-Calligrapher2363 4 weeks ago

Get the electrics checked, they usually bypass the meter.

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Posted by DaikonLumpy3744 4 weeks ago

Can't the electric company not see that the meter is bypassed?

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Posted by Kazumz 4 weeks ago

Great stuff. Saved someone a job.

(Jokes)

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Posted by Charitzo 4 weeks ago

Definitely. The insulation is one thing, but that extension high up is blatantly where the lamps were plugged in.

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Posted by DinoKebab 4 weeks ago

Yerppp now check all electrics and ring the police.

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Posted by phpadam 4 weeks ago

The picture quality is not best so cant see any other tell-tale signs, such as extractor, or the tinfoil extractor pipe stuff, holes where lights would be mounted, etc..

However that mylar stuff is often used in grows, so id be rather confident it was.

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Posted by Sburns85 4 weeks ago

Definitely get the electrics checked.

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Posted by Cazarza 4 weeks ago

Yep definitely a grow.

  1. call the police
  2. get all the electrics checked
  3. change the locks

A property I managed once got raided by gang members because they thought it was still being used as a grow by a rival gang.

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Posted by CasfromBri 4 weeks ago

Theres no floor is there?

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Posted by DaikonLumpy3744 4 weeks ago

Not very nice tennants to not put a floor in for the landlord. That would have been nice of them to do a full loft conversion for their business and then leave. Wonder how they walked about in there?

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Posted by Foreign-State546 4 weeks ago

Y? And ES! TOGETHER YOU GET YES If the gov legallised or allowed more to get medical cannabis it wouldn't be an issue.

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Posted by Foreign-State546 4 weeks ago

Oh yeah and id call police as well or you may blamed later on.

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Posted by DaikonLumpy3744 4 weeks ago

To get rid of the weed smell if it wont go with normal means try and buy or hire a industrial ozone generator. (don't be in when it's on though)

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