FOUR men have been arrested after a cannabis farm was found at a former Aberdeen nightclub in the city centre.
On Friday morning, Police raided the former Pearl Lounge on Dee Street and found what is understood to be a significant cultivation of the illegal plant.
The four men – aged between 30 and 40 – were arrested in connection with the find.
The building – a former church – used to house the Pearl Lounge Nightclub, a popular and controversial nightlife spot for many years.
Locals saw the police stand guard of the door while colleagues investigated the find throughout the day.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “At around 9.30am on Friday August 22, a cannabis cultivation was discovered at a vacant premises in Dee Street, Aberdeen.
“Four men, aged 40, 36, 35 and 30, have been arrested in connection.
“Inquiries are ongoing.”
The nightclub was closed in 2014 ad has since laid abandoned.
7 arrests after 9 addresses searched with £50k in cannabis found
Elsewhere, seven males, aged between 17 and 34, were arrested in connection with drug offences as part of an operation targeting serious and organised crime. Officers executed nine search warrants at addresses in areas:
Dundee
- Baxter Park
- Stobswell
- St Mary’s
- Lochee
- Douglas
Perth
- Letham
Aberdeen
- Torry
As a result, cocaine and cannabis worth an estimated collective street value of more than £50,000 were seized, along with a four-figure sum of cash. Six of the males have been charged and will appear in court at a later date. One has been released, pending further enquires. The ongoing investigation, which began in January, has previously seen 11 other arrests and more than half a million pounds worth of cannabis recovered in Tayside.
