Epic War on Drugs Fail

[marmar]

12 January 2011 Last updated at 05:27 ET



BBC: Bradford cannabis raid finds guinea pig heater



Guinea pig Mrs Hardcastle said her guinea pigs - Simon and Kenny - needed a heater in the recent cold snap


Police swooped on a suspected cannabis factory at a house in Bradford - only to find the suspicious heat source was for two guinea pigs.

Officers arrived last week after the West Yorkshire Police helicopter detected a hotspot on the roof of the garage in Huddersfield Road, Odsal.

A hotspot is often a sign of specialist heating systems used to grow cannabis.

Police have apologised for any distress the raid caused to the guinea pigs' owner, 42-year-old Pam Hardcastle. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bradford-west-yorkshire-12169711

[gateley]

1. Bwah! That poor woman, when the police showed up! Can you imagine? nt

[marmar]

7. I know.....

In the States, the cops probably would have shot the guinea pigs.

[rfranklin]

2. That's because the Brits don't have the Fourth Amendment...

oh wait...that was rescinded by Bush.

[tridim]

3. "Specialized heating systems used to grow cannbis"?

:rofl:

They're called LIGHTS, idiots. :rofl: again.

[Matariki]

4. A 'hotspot'? Does this mean UK police routinely fly over houses with heat detection equipment?

Creepy. Even creepier than the US (so far).

[charlie]

5. That very practice

flyover infrared scanning for cannibis grow lights, has been going on here for decades.

Yes, it's creepy.

[MattBaggins]

6. How about your own electric company sending info to the cops

In NY my friend had a newborn son and his furnace broke down so he put plug in heaters in the needed rooms. Cops came to his door to investigate the strange usage of electricity. Who could have given them such a tip?