Illegal Immigrant Arrived In This Country In 2004 And Deported In 2012, Only To Return Once Again, And Now Faces Deportation Once Again.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7158169/Vietnamese-illegal-immigrant-caught-growing-cannabis-time.html

[spathiphyllum]

I hope this doesn't come across as racist.. But why is it always Vietnamese that come to the UK to grown cannabis...

[spathiphyllum]

No way that haul is worth 3mil.

[anotheoldgit]

spathiphyllum

/// No way that haul is worth 3mil. ///

Bit of an expert on the price of cannabis are we Spath?

[spathiphyllum]

I could provide the maths if you'd like.

[ToraToraTora]

Is that Mr Okeycokey?

[spathiphyllum]

TTT i don't sell drugs lol

[anotheoldgit]

Yes TTT, perhaps Spath forgot to include delivery charges.

[spathiphyllum]

LOL here we go then i guess ;)

There are 531 plants.

Each plant will produce at max 4 ounces.

The average price per ounce (28.3 grams) of cannabis is £200.

200 times 4 is 800.

531(no. of plants) times £800(max profit from one plant) is 424800.

less than half a mil... So lets double the yield to 8 ounces from the plant instead of 4... (very unlikely but i guess maybe possible)

still less than one million pounds because 424800 X 2 = 849600

That's at price per ounce.

If you're selling like over even 3 ounces let alone 500 ounces at a time then the £ drops, as with anything in bulk.

Also, by the photos it looks as if he has around 10 plants per lamp. This will reduce the yield compared to 4 plants per lamp. (or less, as with any form of gardening, more space to light, the better the plant will grow). So i doubt he is getting more than 4 OZ from a plant.

No, i don't grow cannabis, and i could do this for any street drug from crack to xanax. So it proves nothing.

Anyhow... over 3 million is a massive exaggeration. Especially when you take into account the overheads for those lights.

[douglas9401]

Somebody made a hash of the figures.

[Spicerack]

Your maths are moot, spath.
The article says £3m a year, so you need to multiply your figures by 3 or 4 (the number of 'harvests' per year).

Off topic-Did you call into the Nigel Farage show last night?

[spathiphyllum]

"The article says £3m a year, so you need to multiply your figures by 3 or 4 "

OK let's do just that.

It's important to note it takes 4-6 months for a cannabis plant to grow. So, lets times my figure by 3. (4, eight, twelve) And for good measure, lets times my ludicrously over eadurated x2 figure.


849600 x 3 = 2548800

The figure STILL falls short.

The issue with the police is they over estimate the street value of everything for publicity. It happens all the time. Any time there is a raid, or a finding.. suddenly the street price of things go through the roof. Apparently...