Cannabis Grow House Exposed by Heat

0:00It's April 23rd. This is Lester News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Police in Lester busted a major cannabis operation after thermal cameras spotted unusual heat pouring from the roof of a house on Olfin Street. Turns out it was a full-blown grow house with 150 plants inside, valued at 105,000 pounds. Officers knocked, and an Albanian man named Mickey Pasha answered alone. Without hesitation, he led them upstairs to the sophisticated set-up spread across four rooms, complete with lights and fertilizers. Pasha had crossed the English Channel in a dinghy as an illegal immigrant got detained, then ended up homeless on the streets. A Polish guy offered him a room downstairs in exchange for tending the plants. His role in the bigger operation isn't clear, but he pleaded guilty to producing cannabis at Lester Crown Court. This case highlights how these hidden farms pop up in plain sight, and one wrong move like too much rooftop heat can bring it all down.