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A dozen people have been arrested during a police crackdown on cannabis supply in Lancashire.

Several businesses across Lancashire, including two in Preston and one in South Ribble, were raided yesterday morning as police arrested people suspected of selling equipment that could be used to manufacture cannabis.

Preston shops Willy Banjos in Lothian Street and City Hydroponics in Great Shaw Street were raided, while the Water Culture Hydroponics on the South Ribble Enterprise Park in Walton-le-Dale was also targeted.

They were among seven properties raided across Lancashire by anti-drugs police.

Officers arrested 12 people on suspicion of being involved in the unlawful production of cannabis.

Premises in Blackpool, Darwen, and Burnley were also targeted in an operation led by the Serious and Organised Crime Unit of Lancashire Police.

Det Chief Insp Steve Mounsey said: "During 2007 an emerging picture developed of a number of retail premises within Lancashire which were knowingly selling equipment for use in the unlawful production of cannabis.

"Lancashire Constabulary is committed to disrupting this type of criminal activity.

"The premises targeted have been selected as they are locations where it is suspected hydroponics equipment has been knowingly sold or offered for sale for the sole purpose of producing cannabis.

"The fact that these premises exist in five towns within Lancashire and provide everything necessary, including cannabis seeds, carbon filters for the purpose of disguising smell, and books on cannabis production, illustrates the scale of the problem.

"There are grounds to suspect some proprietors have expanded into Internet sales of similar equipment."

The arrests follow months of work by officers utilising test purchase tactics similar to those employed in drug Operation Nimrod.

From January 2009, cannabis is to be reclassified as a Class B controlled drug.


http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Arrests-made- ... 4572320.jp



So basically, busted for selling grow equipment. I was going to go to one of those at the weekend for a new pipe. Also, this is the first indication i've seen of a timescale on the reclassification of cannabis back to class B.
This is a local paper, so take with a pinch of salt- if anyone else has heard anymore on the reclassification, please post.

How will this affect the seed companies?

They're still classed as souvenirs and there hasn't been any word on that law changing but who knows.

spoke to the staff in the headshop in norwich and they seem to think that it's gonna close them down if this kinda shit goes thru.........another govt way of screwing us over

Souvenirs. That's funny. Works for me though.

These guys are just selling gardening equipment for tropical plants, it just so happens they also have a sideline in selling expensive fishing bait

all they gotta do to prove its for gardening is supply a pack of chilli pepper seeds with each set of lights...then its just horticultural supplies

When the hell did the parlimentry vote take place to have cannabis reclassified as a Class B drug?. As correct me if I'm wrong, but when it was originally recalssified to a Class C drug it had to go through a parlimentry vote as it was a change in the law and a vote has to made to change or make a law unless in extreme cases right?.

So unless it was 1 of those late night votes to change the law to reclassify cannabis then there has been no vote and strictly speaking they cant change it as law untill they do have a vote?.

Dave J wrote:When the hell did the parlimentry vote take place to have cannabis reclassified as a Class B drug?. As correct me if I'm wrong, but when it was originally recalssified to a Class C drug it had to go through a parlimentry vote as it was a change in the law and a vote has to made to change or make a law unless in extreme cases right?.

So unless it was 1 of those late night votes to change the law to reclassify cannabis then there has been no vote and strictly speaking they cant change it as law untill they do have a vote?.

This hasn't gone to to the vote yet- maybe that's what's happening in January. As of now, cannabis is still class C. According to the Home Office website, 'reclassification would take effect from early 2009.'

rks0 wrote:

Dave J wrote:When the hell did the parlimentry vote take place to have cannabis reclassified as a Class B drug?. As correct me if I'm wrong, but when it was originally recalssified to a Class C drug it had to go through a parlimentry vote as it was a change in the law and a vote has to made to change or make a law unless in extreme cases right?.

So unless it was 1 of those late night votes to change the law to reclassify cannabis then there has been no vote and strictly speaking they cant change it as law untill they do have a vote?.

This hasn't gone to to the vote yet- maybe that's what's happening in January. As of now, cannabis is still class C. According to the Home Office website, 'reclassification would take effect from early 2009.'

Yep it's happening in Jan 09.

it was returned to class B by dictator decree....ignoring the advice from the experts

echc1 wrote:it was returned to class B by dictator decree....ignoring the advice from the experts

It hasn't been returned to class B yet, it's still class C atm.

Boner wrote:

echc1 wrote:it was returned to class B by dictator decree....ignoring the advice from the experts

It hasn't been returned to class B yet, it's still class C atm.

Yes, and yes.

good point but i'll stay under the dark cloud...then if it's blocked i'll have something to be happy about then lol and if its upgraded to B then i'll be ahead of the crowd in mourning

http://cannazine.co.uk/cannabis-news/un ... legal.html

I'm going to start (already have done tbh) stock-piling seeds, just in case.