Hot pot man gets fingers burned

DISCOVERY . . . the plants

A FAILSWORTH man set fire to his wardrobe while trying to keep cannabis plants warm.
Police were called to a flat in Wrigley Head at 4.25am on Wednesday following reports of a fire.

Officers found a small number of cannabis plants and cultivating equipment inside a fitted wardrobe which had caught fire.

No-one was hurt in the blaze and a 31-year-old man was cautioned for cultivating cannabis.

Inspector Muz Kernain, from the Failsworth and Hollinwood neighbourhood policing team, said: “The growing of cannabis plants takes a huge amount of electricity, the use of which is obviously unregulated.

“As a result, anyone stupid enough to grow their own cannabis runs the risk of putting their lives and the lives of others in danger.”

“In this case the plants were kept in a wooden wardrobe which heated up to dangerous levels.”