Discovering a hashish farm in your own home – podcast | Hashish

Hajaj Hajaj was 79 when he rented out his home in south London, so his daughter, Kinda Jackson, urged him to make use of a good lettings agent for peace of thoughts. He employed an organization referred to as Imperial after being impressed by the professionalism of the agent, Shan Miah.

However, Kinda tells Helen Pidd, her father turned significantly ailing with Covid and virtually died, and when he got here out of hospital it was to seek out his spouse had been identified with Alzheimer’s, that means he all of a sudden wanted to pay for her care. He then found that in this time the lease for his property had all of a sudden stopped.

The household made cellphone name after cellphone name to Imperial asking for his lease. Lastly, Hajaj’s son went to the property, to discover a metal door had been placed on it. He may hear followers whirring – their father’s rented-out house had been changed into a hashish farm. ‘Each single room in that home had been destroyed with hashish vegetation venting,’ says Kinda, ‘and we additionally discovered a person residing in a really small room within the loft of the property.’

The police arrested the person however didn’t examine additional. So Kinda obtained in contact with Guardian characteristic author Sirin Kale, who quickly found that Imperial was not a respectable firm and had destroyed the properties of many different landlords.

However who was behind it – and the way widespread is this type of rip-off?