London Cops Raid Illegal Crypto-Mining Farm Hilariously Mistaking It For A Weed Grow House
Though cryptocurrency mining is becoming less profitable by the day, those who still have the hardware may as well use it. However, it sucks up a lot of energy and dumps a lot of heat, which suspiciously looks like a marijuana grow house, as it turns out.
Earlier this month, police in London were tipped off to a building within the Great Bridge Industrial Estate, Sandwell. Using drone surveillance, police saw a characteristic heat signature and people regularly going in and out. Therefore, when the police raided the location on May 18th, they were expecting a cannabis farm, but that is not what they found.
All said this is an incredibly amusing and entirely preventable situation, as a power hook-up could have been paid for with less than one or two Bitcoin. Hopefully, the cryptocurrency miners will be able to pay their debts and get the hardware back as well because none of it is cheap at all. In any case, let us know what you think of this illegal mining operation in the comments below.
(Hardware images courtesy of the BBC and West Midlands Police)
