Large cannabis grow found by police during raid

Police have shut down an extensive cannabis grow at a property where a total of 330 plants were found.

Nottinghamshire Police said officers carried out the raid at a house in Duncroft Avenue, Gedling, at about 07:40 GMT on Wednesday.

The grow included seedlings, large mature plants and a crop which had been cut to dry before being sold on, the force said.

PC Mark Szeremeta said the large grow would have made "a substantial amount of money to the people behind it".

"These organised criminals are invariably only interested in their profits and do not care about the problems these grows bring to communities," he added.

"We know they are a magnet for further crime and create a very real fire hazard for neighbouring families.

"Whenever we discover grows of this nature we also carry out further inquiries with the owner or landlord of the property.

"We will not hesitate to prosecute anyone we discover has been allowing their property to be used as a drugs factory."

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