An alert shop manager who spotted blood outside a branch of Tesco led police to find a cannabis factory in a flat above the store today (Monday 5 January).
Security camera footage is understood to show someone plummet to the ground outside the shop, in West Way, Hangleton, at about 4am yesterday.
They appear to have dropped from a first-floor window and lost blood when they landed although it is not clear whether they jumped or were pushed.
Other security camera footage was said to show the flat being stormed by about 10 masked men shortly before the person fell from the first-floor window.
Sources close to the scene said that three people, believed to be among the intruders, then came down from the flat and grabbed the person who had fallen, bundled them into a car and drove off.
The others fled the area, known as the Grenadier shops, after the landmark pub. Although they left the scene on foot, they may have returned to vehicles near by.
Sussex Police said this afternoon: “Police discovered a cannabis factory in a property in West Way, Hove, after becoming aware of an odour in the area on Monday (5 January) at about 11.15am.
“A police presence remains at the scene while we carry out an investigation.”
Staff from the electricity firm UK Power Networks were reported to have been at the scene for some time, making sure that the premises were safe.
Forensic investigators were also in and out while a scene guard remained in place until shortly before 6pm.
Someone’s been violently kidnapped which is the other, more important, issue! They will be in a bad way after the fall and may be dead after being taken!
More likely there was a party and after smoking too much weed one man decided 🙃 to see if he really could fly 🪰
So much for the mellow aspect of the world of weed intake, and the use of the word “odour” as opposed to “aroma” or “bouquet” pretty much sums it up
If only there was a way to take the production out of the hands of violent criminals, create jobs and bring in hundreds of millions of pounds in tax revenue instead of all the proceeds going to those criminals.
Wouldn’t make much more £ in tax as it’s all laundered through ‘vape shops’ anyway. lol arguably this lot spend a lot more money locally than if it was a corporate enterprise based offshore
It’s really refreshing to read an intelligent comment from a clearly highly educated chap with his finger on the pulse of life.
Every little helps….