Brokers urged to check property covers amid cannabis "menace"

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Questgates has warned brokers to check their property owners' covers amid a rise in UK cannabis factories.

A recent report by the Association of Chief Police Officers found that the number of farms being unearthed has more than doubled in four years.

The survey found more than 21 cannabis factories were uncovered daily in Britain last year with 7,865 found in total.

And the loss adjuster has urged brokers to ensure the covers held by their property owner clients do not exclude illegal activity.

Simon Jones, head of Questgates property owners division described the "menace" of cannabis farms as an

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