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Cannabis use on increase despite general decline in narcotics trade

Analysis: The latest two finds of cannabis growhouses, this time in Kilkenny, reflect exactly how the gangs behind them have been operating here.

They rent properties, then fit them out with heating, lighting, insulating and irrigation systems needed to grow cannabis crops quickly.

Illegal immigrants, usually Chinese or Vietnamese, are then brought in to run them, often living in poor conditions on site.

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Source: Irish Times, 04/05/2012

Posted by Andy on 05/04 at 09:18 AM in
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