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Rise in cannabis farms linked to new BBC show 'Hash in the Attic'

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 05:10

An increase in the number of cannabis farms detected by the police in the UK has been attributed to a controversial new daytime TV show on BBC1, ‘Hash in the Attic’. Hosted by Gloria Hunniford and Aled Jones and aimed at students and the unemployed, the programme hopes to raise money for the households they visit by using their lofts to cultivate vast crops of illegal drugs and then sell them at auctions on the street corner.

‘Until Gloria Hunniford turned up at my house and started rummaging through the loft, I never realised I was sitting on such a treasure trove,’ said 22-year-old Carl Samuels, occupier of a house with 250-square-foot attic. ‘I needed to raise some money to pay off my court fines, but cannabis production had never occurred to me before Aled Jones started setting up the artificial lights and hydroponic equipment. I only needed £400 but...

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