Police find cannabis factory at New Mayfair Hotel Blackpool

Richard Hunt reports outside New Mayfair Hotel in Blackpool, where police find a cannabis farm

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00:00Hello it's Richard Hunt at the Blackpool Gazette. We're in South Shore. Just behind me is the

00:05New Mayfair Hotel, an empty hotel which has been targeted by people setting up a cannabis

00:12farm. Police are there now investigating the scene. Details are expected to be released

00:18a bit later on. I know that police are concerned about a growing number of these empty hotels

00:23and guest houses across Blackpool that have been targeted for these cannabis farms and

00:28here's the latest one here at the New Mayfair Hotel in South Shore. So let's just see what

00:34the police have to say about this operation. Richard Hunt, thanks very much. Bye for now.