Cannabis forest 'the size of a football pitch' discovered in London
...and there's a gazebo right in the middle of it
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Your support makes all the difference.When police officers were called to investigate 'a few cannabis plants' in a wealthy south London suburb they could not have imagined what they would find.
It turns out there was a 'forest' of around 150 marijuana trees in the scrubland of Kingston-upon-Thames, right around Lower Marsh Lane.
Officers said it's the size of a football pitch, with plants up to five-foot-tall.
They even found a gazebo in amongst the weedy wilderness.
Police posed for photos in the grand marijuana forest, posting them on social media alongside hashtags like #TheseArentXmasTrees and #WeedKiller.
They've since secured the area, and are now looking for the people responsible.
Kingston Pc Sarah Henderson told the Evening Standard: "The area these plants were growing on was the size of a football pitch, it looked like a small forest of Christmas trees and was complete with a gazebo.
"Whoever set this up used a really remote spot - the only way to get there was a 20 minute walk through wasteland.
"But all their time, trouble and gardening skills will go unrewarded, as the whole lot will now be destroyed by police."
Cannabis is class B drug; growing, possessing or distributing it is illegal.
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