Remains of huge cannabis factory dumped in Coventry car park

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The contents of the drug cultivation operation were discovered near Sowe Common



Fly-tipping hit a new low after the remains of a cannabis factory were dumped near parkland in Coventry.

The contents of the drug cultivation operation were discovered at a car park at Sowe Common in Woodway Park .

The dumped equipment was spotted in the newly resurfaced car park on Woodway Lane, off Shilton Lane, by a CoventryLive reader who also captured pictures.

It included sheeting, pipework, metal flues and large plastic pots used to grown the cannabis plants in.

The reader, who did not wish to be named, spotted the haul on Friday July 6.

He said: “These pictures show the contents of a drug growing farm dumped in the corner of a newly re-surfaced car park on Friday night - highlighting this massive problem across Coventry.”

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said they had not been made aware of the dumped cannabis factory equipment.

A spokesman for Coventry City Council said the paraphernalia had been spotted by council workers and removed on Monday, July 9.

He said: “One of our Streetpride teams was cleaning Sowe Common as part of their normal cleansing schedules.

“They noticed the fly-tipped waste and because of its nature removed it whilst they were on site.

“It was reported to their supervisor.”