UK police raid suspected marijuana farm, discovered Bitcoin mineWest Midland Police raided on May 18 what authorities suspected was an indoor pot farm in Sandwell, England. Instead, law enforcement found a Bitcoin mine.
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The mine was located in an industrial building, and the buildings power had been hooked up illegally to the electrical grid. It is estimated that thousands of pounds worth of electricity had been stolen recently for the Bitcoin mining operation.
A police drone was previously flown over the area, and detected an inordinate amount of heat coming from the building, which was what led police to believe that there was a marijuana grow-op inside, as the lamps typically tend to give off the same amounts of heat.
The building had also been adapted for better interior ventilation with ducts, which could clearly be seen by police drones from the outside of the structure. ............
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