Police reportedly remained at the property for days as they dismantled the operation. A local power company also visited the address to repair an electricity meter that had been bypassed.
Cautions about electricity being stolen to run cannabis grows is a common refrain from police but, earlier this year, it became a reality for a neighbourhood in the Nottinghamshire region of England.was bypassing the electrical meter and extracting so much power to fuel the illegal enterprise that “the rest of the estate was experiencing power cuts,” reported the Nottinghamshire Police.