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Police and fire safety officers have found around a thousand cannabis plants at the scene of a fire northwest of Auckland this morning.
Eight fire appliances were called to the rural address near Coatesville where a single-storey chicken shed was ablaze.
Police spokesman Kevin Loughlin said the cause of the fire was an overloaded switchbox, which had been generating a considerable amount of electricity to assist with the growth of the plants.
- NEWSTALK ZB
