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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
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Joseph Locker

Police find cannabis plants throughout house during raid

A large cannabis grown was discovered during a raid on a house in Mansfield.

Pictures from the scene in Westdale Road show a number of rooms filled with plants and heat lamps.

Nottinghamshire Police says officers raided the property just after 9am on Monday, June 29, where they found almost 50 cannabis plants.

No arrests were made due to the house being empty at the time.

Inspector Nick Butler, responsible for neighbourhood policing in the Mansfield area, said: "Local people consistently tell us that drug related crime is a major concern for them.

"That’s why we regularly act on intelligence from members of the public to carry out proactive searches like this one.

“Our aim is to disrupt the local supply of drugs and to place all local producers on notice: that this is not an activity we will allow you to get away with. Drug misuse blights communities and ruins lives and we will keep up the pressure on those people who make their living by supplying them.

“Cannabis consumption can also be an extremely anti-social behaviour as it creates a very pungent smell that can be very discomforting for people’s neighbours.

"Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference 148 of 29 June. Alternatively you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."

The plants have been take away to be destroyed by a specialist dismantling team, while sophisticated growing equipment has been removed from the site.

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