Political correctness trumps public safety again.  British police have been prevented from arresting law-breakers following vague accusations of racism.

A police crackdown on cannabis factories run by Vietnamese drug barons has been scrapped after officers were warned their actions might be racist.

Officers have identified a burgeoning industry which typically operates out of anonymous rented houses in the suburbs and shires.

They had planned to write to property landlords warning them to look out for suspicious tenancy applications.

But it is understood at least one force has been found to be in breach of the Race Relations Act after specifically referring to Vietnamese nationals in its letters.

One aspect of the story is rather mysterious: The source of the racism finding is not identified, although it appears to be an internal government agency.  Who else would have access to the police’s internal draft letters?

Police estimate that Vietnamese gangs control 75% of British cannabis supplies.

At the same time, government scientists warn that extremely potent home-grown cannabis, called “skunk”, is flooding the streets of Britain.

"There is now an easy way to grow cannabis in this country because of the availability of equipment, specialist lighting and a cheap labour source through foreign nationals," said Dean Ames, head of the Forensic Science Service's drugs unit.

In the first six months of 2007, over three-quarters of pot seized in the UK was skunk.

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