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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

Footsteps on stairs at night was the only sign of drug factory

On a quiet street in Bootle, two terraced houses were turned into cannabis farms - much to the surprise of neighbours.

Police uncovered illegal activity behind the closed doors on Wadham Road in Bootle in the space of ten minutes on April 21. It all started when two houses on the street fell empty and new neighbours moved in.

Residents were unaware of what was going on inside the unassuming homes until they saw police vans parked outside. The ECHO went down to Wadham Road this week to speak to people about the drugs factories that were found on their doorstep.

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