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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Rachel Smith & Kate Lally

Couple in their 50s called police to their own cannabis farm

A married couple who alerted the police to their own cannabis farm have been ordered to pay back more than £100,000.

Jason Lodge, 51, and his wife Carmen, 59, had a "large and professional" drugs farm in the garage of their home in Cottage Lane, Ormskirk. But on May 15, 2018, Mrs Lodge called the police to report her husband was missing, saying she was concerned for his mental state.

When officers arrived at the property, shortly before 6pm, a panicked Mrs Lodge asked them to call back in an hour.

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