Arrest after police swoop at £500k Telford cannabis farm

24 August 2023

A man has been arrested after police raided a cannabis farm where plants were estimated to have a street value of about £500,000.

Acting on a warrant, the West Mercia force searched a property in the Brookside area of Telford on Thursday morning.

Officers seized more than 900 saplings and an investigation was launched.

A 23-year-old man was detained at the scene on suspicion of cultivating cannabis. He remains in custody.

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