Mrs Hardcastle, a learning mentor at Bradford Moor primary school, said: "On Wednesday I'd gone to work and got a call from my mum who said you need to come home. "The police came on the phone and said: 'We think you're growing cannabis in your garage. I said: 'No, it's a heater to keep my guinea pigs warm because it's been so cold. I went home and there were two policemen who came in the house with me and I've got a big picture of Bob Marley with cannabis growing behind him so I thought: 'Oh my God, don't turn round'."
Mrs Hardcastle said that despite the embarrassment the incident had caused, she did not criticise the police. "I think the police do a really good job and I do understand why they did it," she said. "It 's just unfortunate it was me." Insp Darren Brown, of the Queensbury, Royds and Wibsey neighbourhood policing team, said: "A majority of operations of this nature are intelligence-based and often rely upon swift action.
"Due to the location of the garage, we could not make further observations without alerting the occupants. On this occasion, it transpired that the significant heat source coming from the property was not connected to the production of cannabis. Officers who attended explained the full circumstances to the occupant and discussed any damage. I would like to apologise for the distress this may have caused."
4 comments:
It's creepy to me that police are just flying around in helicopters looking for hotspots on people's roofs.
Oh, they fly around with helicopters using the heat-seeking equipment all the time, Cath.
That's how they catch people.
My elderly mother's, well to do, next-door neighbour was recently caught growing 30 plants in his garage using two old sunbeds.
I thought that was hilarious!
two old sunbeds ! what a nice idea... : they caught him due to his tan or what ???
hahaha
(pfff... but 30 plants....)
p/b
Bob Marley is the king
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