586. Blockade of chemical plants
There are green plants growing in the planting pots, the height is very uniform, all more than two meters high, the leaves of the gods are palm-shaped, but the edges are split, and the lobes are linear-lanceolate, more than ten centimeters long, and the rise is luxuriant.
Qin Shiou was not familiar with this plant, but after listening to Bird's solemn warning, he subconsciously thought of something: "Don't sue me, this is the damn big hemp!" ”
Bird nodded as a matter of course, and Nelson said, "Yes, this is the immature hemp, damn it, when did the factory become a hemp plantation?" We didn't even know it! ”
Qin Shiou didn't expect that he would find this thing in his inadvertent search, he took a closer look at this miraculous plant that was spread in China, and was quite curious.
In fact, now in Canada, indoor cultivation of hemp has become a new production method for drug-trafficking and sales of this kind of hemp, which is called indoor hemp farms.
Indoor hemp farms first appeared on the west coast of Canada and the west coast of the United States, and Newfoundland can be said to be the place of origin.
Qin Shiou did not dare to be careless, and immediately after leaving the factory, he called the police station and told Roberts that he suspected that someone was growing hemp in the abandoned factory.
After getting the news, Roberts immediately drove to the Spring Chemical Plant in a police car, and when he saw Qin Shiou, he asked, "Man, why do you have this suspicion?" ”
Qin Shiou explained: "It's also a coincidence, hasn't everyone been taking advantage of the low tide to fish for gooseneck barnacles recently? You know I like to eat this stuff very much, and we have a lot of people in the fishery, and a few barnacles is not enough, so I wanted to find a place with fewer people and more barnacles to fish. ”
"As a result, I chose the small cliff behind the chemical plant, and when I was about to go down, I happened to see the meter of this chemical plant, and the meter pointer was beating rapidly, which was obviously abnormal, and it used too much electricity, and I had to wonder what dirty business was going on inside!"
His reasoning is a bit far-fetched. Because an abandoned factory uses a lot of electricity, it is suspected that people are growing hemp? But in Newfoundland, the argument is valid.
Indoor hemp cultivation requires a complete set of cultivation tools, including high-efficiency indoor lighting, automatic irrigation systems, powerful ventilation systems, and more.
These tools are so demanding that there is no rational explanation for a spike in electricity consumption in a building. It can be suspected that macro-hemp cultivation is being carried out indoors.
After getting Qin Shiou's reply, Roberts went to check the location of the meter, and his expression became grim.
The town's electricity is pulled from St. John's via a guò submarine cable, so paying the electricity bill has nothing to do with the town, and the town can't monitor which household has any changes in electricity.
Check it out now. There was obviously something wrong with an abandoned chemical plant consuming so much electricity, and Roberts agreed with Qin's statement and called the police headquarters in St. John's and asked them to mobilize the anti-narcotics police to inquire about the matter.
In fact, it is very simple to determine if there is a large hemp in the chemical plant, just check it.
But Roberts could not have done so, first of all, the Canadian law stipulates that private property is sacrosanct, and he has no right to enter the spring chemical plant without a search warrant.
Secondly, if there are indeed people growing hemp, the criminals are usually vicious. The firepower of the guns definitely outnumbered the town's police, and it would be too risky for Roberts to go in.
It is unrealistic to ask ordinary police officers to take the risk of drug enforcement, which is also related to Canada's national conditions. It is not that the anti-narcotics police have not received special orders, and they will not care about drug cultivation and trade, which is also a reason for the madness of the Canadian hemp trade.
The police headquarters in St. John's took this issue very seriously, and soon a Black Hawk helicopter rumbled in, and the police still could not directly enter the chemical plant, so they had to collect evidence first.
How to collect evidence? It's very simple, just like Qin Shiou saw. The basement is particularly well lit, because it takes a lot of light to grow, and drug dealers have to use high-powered lamps to illuminate the hemp to stimulate their growth.
As we all know, high-power electric lights are terrifying for heat dissipation. It will be very hot in the house. The anti-narcotics helicopter is equipped with a sensitive infrared detector that can penetrate a five-meter-thick layer of concrete or a ten-meter-thick layer of soil to detect temperature changes.
The helicopter circled for two weeks, and then landed not far away, and a group of anti-narcotics policemen wearing steel helmets and armed with submachine guns or shotguns rushed out.
Roberts contacted the lead policeman and said a few words, and then brought Qin Shiou over. The white policeman sternly asked, "Sir, how long have you been monitoring this factory?" Did you find anything wrong? ”
Qin Shiou pretended not to know anything about the situation in the factory and shook his head, and said, "I only noticed today that no one usually enters and leaves this factory. ”
The police officer who led the team nodded and thanked him, and then with a wave of his hand, the anti-narcotics police led the dog and crashed open the factory gate and rushed towards the final workshop.
The next thing is very simple, enter the basement of the workshop, find those big hemp, the anti-narcotics police will seal up the spring chemical plant.
Qin Shiou asked Roberts, "Did they catch the owner of these big hemp?" ”
Roberts shook his head in frustration and said: "No, the other party is very cunning, using a fully intelligent planting system, as long as you check the system every once in a while, you don't need to stay here." ”
The police officer who led the team came up and saluted Qin Shiou, thanked him for providing clues, and said: "We will seal down this factory and immediately arrest the relevant person in charge of the factory." Also, please inform the townsfolk not to come near this place in the near future. ”
Although there is discussion of decriminalization of hemp throughout Canada, it is illegal to possess and use hemp for non-medical purposes. According to the law, possession of less than 30 grams of hemp is punishable by six months in prison, a fine of 1,000 yuan, and up to 14 years in prison for planting hemp.
According to the scale of the plant's basement - hemp, once the owner is caught, the 14-year prison sentence cannot be avoided.
The owner of the spring chemical plant also had bad luck, even if he didn't know about it, then at least he couldn't keep the chemical plant, the Canadian government has a lot of investigation and punishment for indoor hemp planting, once discovered, no matter what the situation, the hemp planting building will definitely be seized and nationalized.
All the large hemp in the basement was destroyed on the spot, and the anti-narcotics police left a few people to clean up the aftermath, and the others left the farewell island by helicopter.
Qin Shiou left before any townspeople came up to watch, and at the same time told Roberts not to reveal the news that he had called the police, he didn't want to provoke those crazy drug dealers, in case of retaliation, it would be troublesome.
Back at the villa, Qin Shiou opened the trunk of the car and moved out more than a dozen green seedlings from it, which were the big hemp seedlings. (To be continued.) )xh118