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BBC News
01-07-2025
- BBC News
'Largest ever' cannabis farm found in former Kirkcaldy college campus
The largest illegal cannabis farm ever found in Scotland has been uncovered inside a former college 5,000 plants were found inside the Nairn Building, formerly part of Fife College's Priory Campus, in Kirkcaldy during a police raid last said the class A drug, which weighed almost one metric tonne (1,000kg), had a value of about £ investigation into the cultivation remains ongoing. Det Insp Samantha Davidson described it as the "most significant cultivation ever seen in Scotland".She added: "This was a sizeable and highly organised cultivation with the potential to generate a multi-million-pound return through illegal means."We will continue to act on intelligence and use all available resources at our disposal to disrupt the production and supply of controlled drugs. The Nairn building, which is category B-listed, was a former mill before being taken over by Fife closed its doors to students in 2016 and was later sold off to developers.A planning application to build 39 flats alongside a gym and retail space was lodged in 2021, but the site has remained empty ever since.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Deputies seize nearly 7,000 marijuana plants in Northern California drug bust
( — Nearly 7,000 illegal marijuana plants were recently seized during a Northern California drug bust. The Yuba County Sheriff's Office said it partnered with the regional SWAT team and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to execute multiple search warrants in the Brownsville and Dobbins areas last week. How does ICE know who to deport? 'While the primary focus was finding illegal marijuana cultivation, investigators quicklyuncovered additional criminal activity, including the possession of an illegal firearm,illegal fumigant pesticides, and multiple water code violations,' YCSO said. At the end of the warrant operations, 6,961 plants were eradicated, according to YCSO. Investigators arrested a 34-year-old man near Pine Ridge Drive in Brownsville, anda 61-year-old man near Sun Forest Court in Dobbins. Both men face charges of felony cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, and resisting arrest. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
