By: skip<\/p>\n
UK Police busted more than 1,600 drug-growing sites last year – but insiders say this is only the tip of the iceberg of the illegal multi-million-pound industry. <\/p>\n
Nearly 500 were discovered in London alone, as Labour examines plans to review the drug’s downgraded status. <\/p>\n
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The Sun discovered around 30 police forces nailed 1,632 cannabis factories last year – compared to 1,334 in 2006. In counties such as Notts, production has more than doubled. <\/p>\n
In the past most cannabis was smuggled in from Africa, South America or Asia. But more than 60 per cent is now believed to come from large-scale factories in the UK. <\/p>\n
The dealers – often from Vietnam – rent homes in quiet neighbourhoods and use illegal immigrants as “gardeners” for their crops, which are worth up to £100,000. <\/p>\n
Cannabis was graded Class C in 2004, but Gordon Brown last year ordered a rethink due to evidence linking it to depression and destruction of short-term memory. <\/p>\n
A report is expected to be published within days. <\/p>\n
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