Nottinghamshire Police have discovered hundreds of cannabis plants being grown above a shop in Newark. Officers were called to Middle Gate, Newark, shortly after 9am Monday, October 24, after receiving reports that a shop window had been smashed.
Once inside the building, the officers then investigated further by searching a flat upstairs, where they discovered three rooms full of cannabis which was being grown across the flat. As many as 466 plants were counted by police officers, and the plants have been seized.
Electricity was bypassed at the flat to power the cannabis farm. Inspector Matt Ward, district commander for Newark and Sherwood, said: “Thanks to the instinctive actions of our officers in deciding to investigate this property further, we have been able to dismantle a cannabis grow that looked an accident waiting to happen.
