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Drug dealer inspired by Home Alone rigged house with booby-traps

Ian Claughton used tripwires, pipe bombs, and a homemade flamethrower to protect a £40,000 cannabis grow, leading to a 100-home evacuation in Grimethorpe, police said.

  • Ian Claughton, 60, fortified properties with traps to protect his cannabis operation, leading to evacuations.
  • Officers found mantraps, firearms, cannabis, amphetamine, imitation guns, a crossbow, and a flamethrower made from a fire extinguisher.
  • Claughton and his ex-wife were convicted of drug, weapon, and explosives charges related to the booby-trapped drug den.
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Drug dealer who rigged house with Home Alone-style booby traps seen with flamethrower

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