It is grown in illegal laboratories using strong lights and water to aid its growth. Details are revealed in a previously secret report given to Mr Boateng last summer when he held talks in Washington with Donnie Marshall, the deputy US drug tsar. They were released to the Guardian under the US freedom of information act. The equivalent British documents for the meeting will remain secret until 2030. It says that customs officers are already worried that Britain is being flooded with nederweed grown in Holland - but now Britain seems to have a big enough home grown market to export it back to the Netherlands.
Cannabis is the most abused drug in the United Kingdom.
The trade was often carried out by air rather than through the ports. Most of the cannabis was imported by ship rather than by air. Yesterday customs and excise made it clear that cannabis was still a top target.