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Cannabis Plot Raid September Last Year


Councillor Jabba Riaz welcomes cannabis farm raid - ballot

1:50pm Friday 23rd September 2011 in News Photograph of the Author By Richard Vernalls , @rvernallsWN #worcsnews
FARM: Lighting and heating equipment hangs above part of the haul FARM: Lighting and heating equipment hangs above part of the haul
THIS picture shows part of the massive haul of cannabis plants seized in a police raid after a tip-off by sharp-eyed neighbours.
West Mercia Police went to a house in Wyld’s Lane, Worcester, between Dent Close and Vincent Road, on Friday, September 16, and found the property unsecured.
Officers found about 500 cannabis plants up to 3ft in height and a range of high-tech equipment used for growing the drug including lamps, insulation and ventilation tubing.
No arrests have been made but enquiries are still ongoing.
 
City councillor Jabba Riaz saw the aftermath of the raid saying it was clear the plants were cannabis.
“You could smell it a mile away,” he said. “The police put all the equipment in skips, taking the plants away.”


He welcomed the raid but said he was concerned criminals had set up a factory in a residential area where there were a lot of young people.
“I would urge people here to be more vigilant about what is around them,” he said.
“I think everybody is wise enough to know what marijuana smells like and what the plants look like and they need to report any suspicions to police, or to someone they trust,” he said.
“It is one less factory on the streets now unable to supply harmful drugs which, at the end of the day, can mess people’s lives up.
“But I am concerned that another factory has been found in this area, as a few months ago a landlord in the same road discovered some of this growing equipment at his house, and immediately threw the tenants out.
“People need to be vigilant.”
Anyone with information about the factory should call police on 0300 3333000 quoting 56/N/160911, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

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