Police find the hot spot but not the pot uk

[murphyscafe]

It may well be a crime against the environment to have a poorly insulated roof, but the local heat took this clue a bit too far.
The house, which was not a drug farm
Cambridgeshire Police raided the house, thinking the infra-red hot spot signalled a secret cannabis farm.
However, the door was opened by one of their fellow community support officers and a quick search revealed a distinct lack of drugs.
I was absolutely gobsmacked,' said the once-suspected drug lord Zally Huseyin. 'When I saw the squad car, I thought it was colleagues just popping in for a cup of tea.'

The operation was mounted after aerial shots taken from a helicopter revealed that the mother of five's house was 'pulsating' with escaping heat.

Cannabis is often grown under artificial lighting, which generates a similar trace.

Zally Huseyin: not a drug kingpin
But the raid revealed a lack of insulation, rather than a dodgy lag's operation, was behind the hot spot. 'I'm so embarrassed,' said 46-year-old Mrs Huseyin, who became a PCSO in March last year.

'I've got a reputation now as a drug dealer but the joke has worn a bit thin, especially at work.'

Now the shock has turned to anger at the house builders.

Mrs Huseyin and husband Steve said the raid showed their new £400,000 home in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, was badly built.

'These houses are meant to be environmentally friendly but last year's gas bill was £1,000,' she said.

Her 46-year-old husband added: 'The builders won't admit there's a problem but, if there's nothing wrong, how come we've been raided by the police?'

The home complied with all relevant standards, said developer David Wilson Homes.

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mmm.....eye in the sky!

[Bernum]

fancy spending all that money on a house and not even popping your head in the roofspace to check your insulation...redunkulous

[echc1]

remember kiddies to insulate......it's the "eco" thang to do....also stops the prat-squad a visiting......TIP!!!! using the low energy light rigs available,look around the neighbourhood and figure where most put their tumble-driers......handy place to put those lights...(roughly the same heat source as the drier).....good luck and beware big brother in the air