Nottinghamshire Police discovered hundreds of cannabis plants inside a house in Stapleford while investigating a potential break-in. After receiving concerns a house had been burgled officers attended Frederick Road, Stapleford, at around 2.25pm on Saturday (June 3).
When officers arrived at the property they spotted that a window had been smashed and suspected something untoward could be taking place inside the house and went inside to investigate. Officers searched the house and found that the property was a front for cannabis cultivation, as plants were found growing across multiple rooms.
Around 300 cannabis plants were discovered and electricity was found to have been dangerously bypassed to power the illegal operation. The drugs were all seized by police, while the growing equipment was also taken out of commission.
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Sergeant Andy Foulds, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “While our officers were initially called to reports of a burglary, it is to their credit that they continued to investigate and uncovered this large grow.
“Cannabis grows like this one pose a genuine danger to communities in that they attract nothing but trouble and often have links to wider criminality, while the electrical modifications made to power them provide a very real fire hazard to neighbouring properties.
“On top of that, these operations usually rely on vulnerable people being exploited and forced to live in horrible conditions while tending to these plants – all for the benefit of others.
“When you consider these points, the idea that cannabis production is a victimless crime is simply not true, which is precisely why we work so hard to shut these grows down.
“If you have any information about drug activity in your community, please report it to us so that we can act.”
Information can be reported to the police by calling 101, or by contacting Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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