- Police raid cannabis farmhouse
- 150 cannabis plants found on the property
- Criminals bypassed electricity supply
Police have raided a cannabis farmhouse in Myrtle Avenue after criminals bypassed the electricity supply to light up the cannabis farm for 24 hours daily. Police discovered 150 plants on the property following a tip-off in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Speaking following the raid, Sergeant Mark Westlake of the Nottinghamshire Police’s city central Operation Reacher team said: ”A significant amount of cannabis was found and recovered and is now out of circulation, which is a positive result for the team and for the wider community.”
”We also discovered that the electricity to the property had been bypassed in order to facilitate growing the plants,” he explained further. ”This is extremely dangerous and creates a significant fire hazard, and so it is fortunate we were able to intercept this when we did and, alongside the energy company, make it safe,” he added.
Engineers from the energy supply company are working to restore normalcy to the residence. The police found no one at the residence during the raid.