More than 10,000 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of almost £9 million have been seized and 53 people arrested in a month-long operation.
53 arrests were made by Greater Manchester Police as part of Operation Mille, a nationwide crackdown on cannabis cultivation, money laundering, and immigration crime.
The arrests made in Greater Manchester were predominantly for cultivation of cannabis and abstracting electricity. There were also arrests in connection with the possession of weapons, money laundering and possession with intent to supply. £24,000 in cash was also recovered.
