Cannabis find shock

Saturday 6th February 2010, 11:30AM GMT.

A warehouse that housed one of the West Midlands’ biggest-ever cannabis factories is owned by a leading Black Country councillor, it has emerged.

Cabinet member Mohammed Arif today spoke of his shock at discovering the Walsall property he has a 50 per cent share in had been transformed into a sophisticated operation growing 3,500 plants.

There is no suggestion the councillor was linked with the criminal set-up.



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