UK West Midlands police raid marijuana growers. However, there was an underground mining farm operating in the squares monitored by the police.
Police said their attention to the farm was drawn by “the typical behaviour of cannabis farm owners.” This means frequent visits to the location by dubious individuals and other incomprehensible activities. The officers who watched the location received a warrant to inspect the drug farm, but it turned out that they were mining cryptocurrency there.
“This is clearly not what we expected to find! I think this is the maximum, the second clandestine mining farm in the West Midlands,” said British Police Sergeant Jennifer Griffin.
According to police, the owners of the mining farm used Bitmain AntMiner S9 ASIC miners. There were about a hundred of them. This is fairly old equipment, produced in 2016-2019. However, even such old miners can now bring in about $ 1.5 per day each.
Illegal mining farms are found in many countries of the world. Recently it was reported that an “underground” miner from Syktyvkar, Russia, stole electricity worth 5.5 million rubles.
