Two men have been jailed after two cannabis farms were found on a street.
Police officers forced their way into property in Somersall Street, Mansfield, shortly after 7.30am on Wednesday, December 1.
Inside they found more than 120 mature cannabis plants with a street value of tens of thousands of pounds.
During house-to-house enquiries officers became suspicious of another property directly over the road.
Klodjan Dogani, 38, was then seen to run from the back door but was chased down and detained.
A further 100 mature cannabis plants were found inside and Admian Stani, 32, was also detained at the scene.
The pair, both of no fixed abode, later admitted to producing cannabis and were jailed for eight months each on Tuesday, March 1, at Nottingham Crown Court.
Police Investigator Koen Broers, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Tackling drug-related crime is a key local priority and we are constantly assessing intelligence to ensure drug criminals have nowhere to hide.
"In this instance we carried out one intelligence led raid and ended up with another when officers’ suspicions were aroused by a property over the road.
“I am aware that some people see cannabis as ‘only a bit of weed’, but cultivation on this scale is very often linked to very serious organised criminal gangs from home and abroad who are often willing to use extreme violence in order to protect their investment.
“Industrial cannabis grows of this type are also extremely dangerous – especially when they are contained within terraced properties. The sheer amount of heat involved – almost always generated from an illegally bypassed electricity supply – poses a hugely increased fire risk to neighbouring properties.”
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