A Welsh police force has seized £5 million worth of drugs and found six large cannabis factories in Cardiff. Officers on South Wales Police's Op Sceptre Team - a specialist knife crime team - have also made 189 arrests, seized £123k in cash and taken 92 weapons off the streets between April 2022 and April 2023.
During this financial year, specialist officers in Cardiff have already seized more than £1 million worth of drugs off the streets. The force said this was through discovering six large cannabis factories, one in Whitchurch, three in Roath and two in Cathays.
Drugs were also seized during police stops. In one case, a quarter of a kilo of cocaine was found in a car and around £2,000 of cash was found in the driver’s home in Penarth Road. A 32-year-old man was charged with drugs offences and remanded in custody.
