Hundreds of marijuana plants have been discovered growing inside an abandoned school.
On Monday, shocked detectives uncovered the massive unauthorized farm at the former Islamic school in Walsall.
The empty classrooms yielded a total of 711 marijuana plants, estimated to be worth roughly £700,000.
On Twitter, the West Midlands Police cannabis disposal team boasted about the large haul: ‘Not your usual school.
‘This unused school in Kent Street, Walsall, was found to be a huge cannabis factory yesterday.
‘Top marks for the cannabis team who cleared the 711 plants.’
During a lockdown two years ago, the school closed and has been closed up since then.
‘There were police there all weekend, but none of them would tell us what was going on,’ said one unnamed mother who lives nearby.
‘The place has been boarded up for a while now as it closed suddenly during the pandemic.
‘We had no idea it was being used as a cannabis factory.
‘It’s pretty outrageous to be growing weed in a school. It’s a sign of the times I guess.’
Others joked about the discovery in the comments: ‘It used to be a school, but now it’s a nursery.’
‘I know we’ve got a drug problem in some of our schools, but this is taking it to another level,’ one joked.