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Dewsbury cannabis farm worth over £1m found after tip-off

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At least 1,500 cannabis plants were found inside the building in Ravensthorpe

A cannabis farm worth more than £1m has been discovered by police during a raid in West Yorkshire.

The operation at a disused commercial building in Wharf Mill, Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury, on Thursday followed a tip-off, police said.

At least 1,500 plants were found, but police said they were still hunting for those behind the farm.

Sgt Stuart Clark said the raid took a "substantial amount of potential profit" from organised criminals.

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The cannabis plants were worth more than £1m, according to police

The premises had been "converted for large-scale cannabis production", according to a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson.

Sgt Clarke said: "This has clearly been a very large scale seizure of cannabis and has come about as a result of community intelligence which has been developed by our officers."

Meanwhile, officers also found 100 cannabis plants and stolen car parts during a raid at another site in Wharf Mill last week, according to West Yorkshire Police.

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