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 b0red5tiff
THE CANDY KING
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 Help for landlords duped by cannabis growers
#8396291 - 05/13/08 11:19 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Five Hounslow landlords have been duped into renting their properties to tenants who turn them into drug-making dens.
Hounslow Council says it is now offering advice and financial support after its landlord liaison officer received the complaints about rented properties being transformed into cannabis factories.
In all five cases landlords had rented their property to a single tenant or couple of eastern Asian or south east Asian origin.
The tenants provided references which checked out perfectly and the rent arrived in advance each month for several months and inspections revealed no problems.
But after several months of good behaviour the tenant started ripping holes in the walls and fitting industrial coolers and gardening equipment associated with cannabis cultivation.
Because of the amount of electricity used the cannabis factories can become a major fire risk and power surges are often the first clue for police that a factory has been set up.
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In the last financial year Hounslow police closed 25 cannabis factories.
The council is currently issuing grants to help landlords to repair damaged properties.
Councillor Mark Bowen, deputy leader of Hounslow Council and lead for strategic housing, said: "This is an extremely worrying problem and we are advising landlords to be vigilant.
"Landlords are being lured into a false sense of security by tenants who seem reasonable, check out perfectly, pay their rent on time, but have turned their properties into cannabis factories once a level of trust has been achieved.
"Our advice to landlords is to ensure you do proper checks on tenants and make visits every six to eight weeks. Small signs, like curtains being pulled during the day, can indicate wrongdoing."
Landlords who have been a victim of tenants using their property as a cannabis factory should call 020 8583 3869.
If a landlord suspects their property is being used to manufacture drugs they can call Hounslow police on 020 8577 1212 or email tx-biu@met.pnn.police.uk.
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DMT_Feind
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Re: Help for landlords duped by cannabis growers [Re: b0red5tiff]
#8396315 - 05/13/08 11:25 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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"Our advice to landlords is to ensure you do proper checks on tenants and make visits every six to eight weeks. Small signs, like curtains being pulled during the day, can indicate wrongdoing."
ZOMG! lets all be suspicious of people who cover their windows.
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 Chemy
This is a stick up
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Re: Help for landlords duped by cannabis growers [Re: DMT_Feind]
#8396369 - 05/13/08 11:40 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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The council is currently issuing grants to help landlords to repair damaged properties.
Keep throwing money at the problem, how much more money do we have to throw at this problem until we can feel safe from a medicinal plant that poses no threat to anyone???
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“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them". -Ayn Rand
“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.”
-Montesquieu, 1748
The thesis that I want to advance today is that the drug war and the laws that prohibit the private consumption of certain drugs are unconstitutional. Prohibition laws, themselves, violate every tenet of limited government that is embodied in our Constitution.
http://www.paulhager.org/libertarian/drug_con.html
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Ophanim
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Re: Help for landlords duped by cannabis growers [Re: DMT_Feind]
#8396377 - 05/13/08 11:44 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Damn. I don't grow weed, and I keep my blinds/curtains shut all the time. Guess I'm a shady motherfucker.
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Coaster
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Re: Help for landlords duped by cannabis growers [Re: Chemy]
#8396794 - 05/13/08 01:41 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Chemy said:
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The council is currently issuing grants to help landlords to repair damaged properties.
Keep throwing money at the problem, how much more money do we have to throw at this problem until we can feel safe from a medicinal plant that poses no threat to anyone???
they have an endless budget for an endless war
with endless repercussions of fear based off of misconceptions
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Irieforester
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Re: Help for landlords duped by cannabis growers [Re: Coaster]
#8397488 - 05/13/08 04:21 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Small signs, like curtains being pulled during the day, can indicate wrongdoing."
Wow I've always kept my blinds closed during the day, and so do most people I know.
I'm surprised our doors haven't been kicked in in the middle of the night yet.
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