St Kentigern’s Church at the Union Canal was closed in 1941, subsequently used as a nursery and a garage before being completely abandoned - or so it was thought.
In April 2015, police seized 105 cannabis plants from the St Peter’s Place church. Detective Inspector Stuart Harkness, who investigated the discovery, gave the drugs a street value of up to £75,500.
Police followed intelligence gathered from local residents, and worked with the Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism Unit to carry out the raid. The same month, officers uncovered £65,000 worth of the Class B drug at Tiki Tots in Morningside in the play centre’s attic space.
