Neighbourhood police shut down a cannabis factory after discovering more than 250 plants growing across multiple rooms in a house.
Officers forced open the doors of the property in Mays Avenue, Bakersfield, Nottingham, around 8.50am on Thursday (29 February).
They executed the warrant after developing intelligence the address was being used to cultivate the Class B drug.
Cannabis was being grown and dried in the living room, bedrooms and attic at the property.
Officers from the city south neighbourhood policing team also found a quantity of suspected cocaine, mobile phones and bundles of cash.
The electricity supply had been tampered with and the meter bypassed.
A 42-year-old woman who was found inside the house was arrested on suspicion of cultivating a Class B drug.
Sergeant Karl Browne, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“I’m grateful to members of the public who have provided us with invaluable information about suspicious activity at this address.
“The team has then developed this intelligence to execute a successful warrant which has put a large cannabis producing enterprise out of action.
“The conditions inside the house were appalling and there was evidence people had been living there. The rewiring of the electricity supply had also been completed in an extremely dangerous way.
“Although we have made an arrest, our investigation does not stop there.
“Whenever we discover grows of this nature we also carry out further inquiries with the owner or landlord of the property. We will not hesitate to prosecute anyone we discover has been allowing their property to be used as a drugs factory.
“Cannabis production is inextricably linked to wider, organised criminality and can create a host of problems for other people living in neighbourhoods.
“I would urge anyone who believes cannabis is being produced in their neighbourhood to get in touch. Your information could be a vital missing piece of the jigsaw and you will also be making the community a safer place to live.
“Our investigation into this incident is ongoing, and anyone with any information should call 101, quoting incident number 83 of 29 February 2024, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.”
All the cannabis seized from the address will be destroyed and the equipment used to power the grow removed.
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