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BBC News
18-05-2025
- BBC News
Man charged after £205k Hartlepool cannabis farm found
A man has been arrested and charged after a cannabis farm with an estimated value of £205,000 was discovery, in Hartlepool's Earlsferry Road, was made by Cleveland Police on force said 245 plants at various stages of maturity were spread out across three rooms of the property.A 48 -year-old man was later charged with production of class B drugs. The farm has been dismantled. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.


BBC News
10-05-2025
- BBC News
Goldthorpe cannabis farm uncovered after reports of a break-in
A cannabis farm was uncovered after police received reports of a group of masked men breaking into a Yorkshire officers discovered 53 fully grown cannabis plants, estimated to be worth £53,000, when responding to reports of a burglary in Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, on Thursday Paul Aston urged anyone with information about cannabis farms to report it to said: "We know cannabis is heavily linked to serious and violent organised crime, and this has no place here in Barnsley. "The supply of drugs has real negative and lasting impacts on our local communities, with many vulnerable people being exploited for the benefit and profit of others."When searching the property on Gosling Gate Road, police found electricity had been bypassed to supply power to the growing also found cannabis that was ready for no arrests were made in connection to the incident, a full investigation has been launched, they said. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North