Police find cannabis farm with 3000 plants worth more than one million pounds in Newcastle home

When officers attended the seemingly empty property, they noticed the windows were open and a strong smell of cannabis was coming from the home. Detective Constable David Hodgson of Northumbria Police praised the rapid police response and said the property was one of the largest buildings he had seen used for this type of criminality. […]

From nightclubs to bookies: The biggest cannabis farms raided by police in the North East …

It’s no surprise then that criminals produce the class B substance on a huge – sometimes industrial – scale. While executing one of the warrants in Sunderland city centre, officers also came across a significant cannabis farm with more than 100 plants at various stages of growth. Officers from the neighbourhood support team carried out […]