Cannabis farm busted after 999 call blunder

A man with an £18,000 (€22,500) cannabis farm in his front room was arrested after accidentally dialling 999 from the house.

The 42-year-old suspect somehow rang the emergency number from a landline at the property in Haweswater Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire, England, at around 2pm on Monday. It was logged as an abandoned emergency call — and police officers were dispatched to check on the welfare of the caller.

But when they knocked on his door and went inside, they found 18 mature cannabis plants being grown in the front room — each with an estimated value of £1,000.

Crewe Police tweeted: “Epic fail of the day goes to the man in Crewe who rang 999 by accident.

“We arrived to check he was safe... and found his cannabis farm!”

Local beat manager Pc Shelley Woods, of Cheshire Police, said: “The circumstances around this call being made beggars belief.” A spokesman for the force said: “Shortly before 2pm yesterday, police received an abandoned emergency call from the Crewe area.

“On arrival, it emerged that the occupant of the property had dialled in error.”