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The UK police have raided a property in Sandwell, near Birmingham on a suspicion of running an illegal Cannabis farm. However, when the property was raided it came as a surprise to police that it was being used for cryptocurrency mining. 

It came as a surprise to the U.K. police when they went to raid a Cannabis Farm and found out about an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation while executing a drug warrant. The property in Sandwell, near Birmingham, was raided by the officers. It was raided on suspicion of running a cannabis farm, which is also illegal. 

The West Midland Police said in a statement that many people were visiting the site in different time zones. There were lots of wiring and ventilation ducts visible, which were all signs of a classic cannabis factory. A drone also picked up a considerable heat source from above.

The police officers forced their entry into the warehouse in an area west of the city of Birmingham known as the Black Country. This Cryptocurrency mine was stealing thousands of pounds worth of electricity from the mains supply. 

As per the intelligence information, the police was asked to raid the cannabis factory, but when officers went inside, they found that there were around 100 computer units as part of what is understood to be a bitcoin mining operation. 

Look out for absconders

Police have seized the computer equipment, which had bypassed the local power supply. There was no presence of any person at the time of the raid. Officials are still looking for the absconders and perpetrators behind the crime. 

Police officer, Jennifer Griffin, who is investigating the case said that as per her understanding, mining for cryptocurrency is not just illegal but abstracting electricity from the mains supply to power it. 

Assets like cryptocurrencies, NFTs store long chains of information. Creating these digital ledgers requires a large amount of computation. New information regarding the blocks is further added or mined, to the decentralised blockchain, which is based on a proof-of-work. This requires expensive computers and hardware which also needs a high volume of power. 

Bitcoin mining consumes around 114.31 terawatt-hours per year of energy. It is more than the amount of energy used by the Philippines and the Netherlands per year. This data was revealed by Cambridge Bitcoin electricity consumption Index. 

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