Police have uncovered a huge cannabis factory at a pub which was the childhood home of pop megastar Robbie Williams. Officers swooped on The Red Lion, in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, and seized 435 plants from inside the empty boozer at around 10am on Monday (September 12).
The pub, where singer Robbie grew up as a child, had closed three months ago despite only reopening under new ownership in November last year. Staffordshire Police officers were alerted to the grow around a fortnight ago before storming the pub this week. No arrests have yet been made.
A force spokesman said: "Police were called to a premises on Moorland Road, Stoke-on-Trent, at 10.05am on Monday following reports of suspicious activity. Officers attended and a witness reported seeing a group of men leaving a silver van and entering the premises.
