Police detectives have admitted they raided the home of the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, in search of drugs, after mistaking the heat given off by a heating system for the tell-tale signs of a cannabis factory.

The officers searched the home of Mr. Tafida after a police helicopter, using thermal imaging equipment, spotted what was described as a higher than normal heat signature in the roof of the property, mistaking the heat plume as a sign that the property had been converted into a cannabis factory.

Drugs farms often use high-powered lights, which give off huge amounts of heat to aid the growth of the illegal crop. A warrant was obtained to search the residence in Hendon Way, Hendon, but the officers traced the heat source to the building's central heating system.

A police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a warrant to search for cannabis plants was executed at a home in north London on June 17, by officers acting on information from a Met unit. There were no drugs found and no arrests made. Further enquiries traced the heat source to the heating system."

A spokesman for the Nigerian High Commission, addressing journalists, stated that although the operation could have been interpreted as a violation of diplomatic conventions, the High Commission would not be taking the matter to the "extreme". He added: "We accept the explanation the helicopter detected something, but that these things don't necessarily work with fine precision."

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LMAO! I wonder if they can make the same mistake to raid the house of US high commssion or may be Russia's or even Iran,

heryyy:


Police detectives have admitted they raided the home of the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, in search of drugs, after mistaking the heat given off by a heating system for the tell-tale signs of a cannabis factory.

The officers searched the home of Mr. Tafida after a police helicopter, using thermal imaging equipment, spotted what was described as a higher than normal heat signature in the roof of the property, mistaking the heat plume as a sign that the property had been converted into a cannabis factory.

Drugs farms often use high-powered lights, which give off huge amounts of heat to aid the growth of the illegal crop. A warrant was obtained to search the residence in Hendon Way, Hendon, but the officers traced the heat source to the building's central heating system.

A police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a warrant to search for cannabis plants was executed at a home in north London on June 17, by officers acting on information from a Met unit. There were no drugs found and no arrests made. Further enquiries traced the heat source to the heating system."

A spokesman for the Nigerian High Commission, addressing journalists, stated that although the operation could have been interpreted as a violation of diplomatic conventions, the High Commission would not be taking the matter to the "extreme". He added: "We accept the explanation the helicopter detected something, but that these things don't necessarily work with fine precision."

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Naija house of commotion. . .this made my day !

How convenient. Well that's what we get. and you're right they would not have made that same mistake on a Chinese diplomats house. Not to think about a US diplomats house. But that's Niaja for us.