Cannabis farms with thousands of plants have been raided and shut down by Merseyside Police this year.
Growing cannabis plants is illegal but they also pose a danger to the community, as extracting electricity increases the risk of fire and flooding to residents living nearby, especially when criminals change the wiring and overload plugs.
Here we've listed some of the biggest cannabis farms that have been uncovered by detectives in 2022. One of the biggest discoveries of the year was in Birkenhead, when police found 2,500 cannabis plants after raiding a warehouse on Lorn Street on November 17.
