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BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Arrest in Rowley Regis as hundreds of cannabis plants seized
A man has been arrested after a large cannabis farm with more than 300 plants was were called to a building on High Street, Rowley Regis, Sandwell, on Friday to help British Gas make it getting inside, officers found the "substantial" cannabis farm with the plants spread across several floors, West Midlands Police plants were seized and a man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity. He was released on bail while inquiries continued. Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Police find drugs farm in Sneinton after attempted break ins
A large quantity of cannabis plants were discovered at a house in Sneinton after police were alerted to attempted break-ins in the Police said officers were called to Sneinton Boulevard at about 02:40 BST on Wednesday following reports of two masked men climbing over a gate before receiving a further call of an attempted break-in in Westwood force said officers found a nearby house with boarded up windows, with the sound of "constant whirring" coming from within. Police then gained entry to the property and found parts of it had been converted into cannabis-growing areas.A 35-year-old man was arrested at the property on suspicion of cultivating a Class B drug. Nottinghamshire Police said it discovered about 150 plants in the property as well as growing rooms fitted with lamps and fans.
