A huge cannabis farm was uncovered after officers tracked down a smell "plaguing" a busy shopping centre.
Merseyside Police has uncovered a large scale cannabis farm after officers hunted down a smell that had "plagued" Bootle Strand Shopping Centre. Officers from Merseyside Police's Sefton branch announced on their social media pages that the discovery was made on Saturday, July 9.
Officers from the South Sefton Community Team and Operation Pelican discovered the "large scale" cannabis farm on Stanley Road, Bootle. Operation Pelican is an ongoing police campaigned launched in 2017 to combat the drug trade and gang violence in Sefton.