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Growing number of Afghan families turn to growing cannabis
High crop prices fuel increase in number of growers, adding to drug-control problems in world leader for opium production The number of Afghan families growing cannabis as a cash crop leapt by more than a third last year, the UN has said. The increase adds to the drug-control problem in…
British police find 20 cannabis farms a day
Police discovered more than 20 cannabis farms and factories in the UK every day last year, seizing drugs worth up to £100 million, figures showed on Monday. Criminals were attempting to reduce risk and minimise potential losses by employing a large number of so-called “gardeners” to manage smaller farms across residential neighbourhoods,…
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