LONDON (Reuters) – The first cannabis farm to be found in London’s historic financial district, where office buildings have been emptied due to blockades to contain the spread of COVID-19, police said on Wednesday British.
City of London police said 826 cannabis plants were found in a building near the Bank of England. Police said there were reports of a “strong cannabis odor,” which caused the beating.
“This is the first cannabis factory in the city, which is certainly set up in response to fewer people during the pandemic who would have noticed any unusual activity,” police said in a statement.
The city of London, home to the world’s largest commercial insurance market, banks and fund managers, has been largely deserted since March after most employees were asked to work from home.
During an online event on Wednesday, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said people are likely to make jokes about what central bank staff have been doing.
“Now we will be the subject of endless jokes about ‘now we know what the Bank of England has been in,'” he said. “I’m sure there will be many more jokes. -ho ”.
Reports by Andrew MacAskill; Edited by Paul Simao