A FORMER PC and lifelong soldier dubbed a “national hero” let slip plans “to retire in the sunshine” in Asia while under investigation by police who found a sophisticated cannabis factory “protected by weapons”. David Allen, 68, who toured Northern Ireland, Bosnia, the Gulf and Afghanistan during 24 years’ dedicated military service, was caught after officers received reports of a strong smell of the illegal drug emanating from a farm just 100 metres away from Calthwaite primary school, near Penrith. Detectives went to the small holding last July and discovered Allen a former PC who served with the Northumbria force between 1993 and 1997 had been involved in the “continuous commercial production of cannabis at the property”.
David Allen jailed at Carlisle Crown Court
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Former Northumbria PC admits growing cannabis at Calthwaite near Penrith
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