Association of Chief Police Officers - GUIDANCE ON CANNABIS CULTIVATION, 2009 (UK)

[DoffCocker]

This is a guide by the Association of Chief Police Officers, on raiding 'cannabis factories', dealing with head shops, etc, i.e. lots of info that will help you protect yourself if the unfortunate happens!, its a must read imo.

hxxp://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data/cannabis cultivation and shops practice advice.pdf

*there is another one somewhere with the actual sentence to plant number guidlines, cant find it at the moment but will post back...

 

[VerdantGreen]

link isnt working mate - im very interested to read this

V.

 

[DoffCocker]

edit: fixed the link above it should be fine now.



heres a link to 'GUIDANCE ON CANNABIS POSSESSION FOR PERSONAL USE'

hXXp://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data/Guidance_on_possession_of_cannabis_for_personal_use.pdf

still cant find the cultivation one, will keep looking.

 

[libby]

I can't open that link on Firefox.

 

[JamieShoes]

http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/policieslist.asp

its in the list here...but doesnt open... thats an issue with their site, I think

 

[DoffCocker]

http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/policieslist.asp

its in the list here...but doesnt open... thats an issue with their site, I think

If you copy and paste it from the original post it should work now, minus the 'hxxp://' bit.

i didnt do a live link because it will leave the police chiefs association's web division a list of our IP address linked from this thread, paranoia, much.

 

[DocLeaf]

We'd like to read them.. but the pdf links on the acpo page dont load

Maybe they didnt actually decide on the 'rules' yet.. lol

 

[bens lab]

Works fine for me, will have a look in a min.

 

[DocLeaf]

Thanks. Most interesting....

Haha,, the stuff on booby traps and bubble bags are most comical,,,

enquote:

'Equipment for the production of 'high grade' (high THC content) cannabis resin has no legitimate use'.

There's several thousand Canadians (also governed by the Queen) who'd disagree!

 

[SuperConductor]

It most likely means no legitimate use other than for making illegal drugs. Would maybe be a good idea to brainstorm some other uses we could claim for them. A friend of mine thought they were water wings when he saw them hanging to dry but I doubt the pigs would fall for that lol

 

[Chronic777]

Im lazy today, anyone care to post the number of plant/sentence ratio?

Im growing one plant, am i gonna get raped in jail?

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[DoffCocker]

Im lazy today, anyone care to post the number of plant/sentence ratio?

Im growing one plant, am i gonna get raped in jail?

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That info isnt in this m8, there is another one with that info but it seems to have gone missing, it did basically state that for one plant the maximimum sentence is a caution though.

This is more interesting from a 'how the police think about cannabis' point of view, 'scary' maybe a better word than 'interesting' though, it suggests to me they are led by numpties who will rely on propaganda and nonsense rather than fact.

 

[easthead]

I read the acpo guidance on UK420, been there ages

As soon as you find the Magistrates guide on 420 I'm sure you'll post that too

 

[Mala Tempora]

Just had a read of this: http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data/cannabis cultivation and shops practice advice.pdf


It's about cannabis cultivation and head shops. I noticed that the entire way through they were misspelling 'tetrahydrocannabinol' as 'tetrahydrocannabidnol'.

It's quite funny really. They've got an acronym for everything on there. Anyone want to guess what a VOCND is? It's a Vietnamese Organised Crime Network Database.

 

[DocLeaf]

There's even a section on how to write down Vietnamse names for f-sake!

 

[VerdantGreen]

id like to see the plant number thing too if anyone can post it please

V.

 

[DocLeaf]

The way we read it,, the oinks are being guide-lined towards contextual evidence to support a case of 'cultivation with intent to supply'... (and/or 'conspiracy to cultivate' in the case of grow-shops).

While plant numbers are contextual ,, plant numbers alone do not provide direct evidence of 'cultivation with intent to supply'... just 'cultivation'.

Hope this helps

 

[SuperConductor]

Yeah I remember there being more emphasis on the sophistication of the grow rather than plant numbers. Basically the more gadgets and shiny stuff stuff you've got in your grow the more chance you have of custodial.
No joke, I read a newspaper story about a small home grow this week where the judge said 'due to the sophistication of this operation I have no choice but to grant a custodial sentence', I've no idea what the logic behind that is but it's what's used. It's also a postcode lottery for the most part, a lot of big Chinese grows round my way so doubt they'd give a toss about me.

 

[VerdantGreen]

yeah, sophistication is a big factor or so i understand it.

im happy that my method is organic soil - it looks pretty low tech AND produces the best weed (imo)

V.

 

[daddy fingaz]

No joke, I read a newspaper story about a small home grow this week where the judge said 'due to the sophistication of this operation I have no choice but to grant a custodial sentence', I've no idea what the logic behind that is but it's what's used. round .

I also heard about this, it was only a few plants aswell, but his set up was so 'sophisticated' he was obviously a danger and needed locking up i mean really WTF!!??



...but yes keeping things looking as 'low tech' as poss, the rozzers never seem to like hydro to much!.. maybe they find it a bit harsh and unflushed!? lol. Certainly no spangly smart futuristic looking led set ups hey Verdant !! just kidding mate.
But on a serious note some interesting and in parts amusing reading!
Happy new year all, stay safe !!