West Midlands Police discovers a Bitcoin mining facility initially thought to be a cannabis farm.
Electricity worth thousands of pounds had been stolen to power the mine after bypassing the electric supply.
On 18 May 2021, the West Midlands police in the UK ended up in a Bitcoin mining facility in an operation meant to raid a cannabis farm.
Prior to the operation, police observed the frequent visits by a large number of people to the industrial unit located on the outskirts of Birmingham. According to a report, a police drone recorded significant heat coming from the suspected building with a lot of wiring and ventilation ducts. Also, it was observed that people enter the location at different times of the day. This, they believed, was a sign of a cannabis farm.
The police broke into the building and to their utmost surprise, it was a Bitcoin mine with over 100 computers in operation. Jennifer Griffin, a Sandwell police sergeant, admitted that their discovery was certainly not
