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English police hunting cannabis farm instead uncover cryptocurrency mine – ABC News
Officers raid a property near Birmingham suspected of housing a cannabis farm, but find 100 computer units running Bitcoin mining and stealing electricity.
Police in central-west England have uncovered a cryptocurrency mining operation while executing a drugs warrant.
Officers raided a property in Sandwell, near Birmingham, on suspicion that there was a cannabis farm.
However they uncovered 100 computer units running as part of what West Midlands Police described as a “Bitcoin mining operation”.
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