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01/05/2014
Police Uncover Cannabis Factory
A cannabis factory has been discovered by police following a search of a property in east Belfast.
At around 10pm on Wednesday night, officers were called to an address in Wandsworth Crescent following a report of anti-social behaviour, according to reports. A search was carried out and plants and growing equipment were discovered worth an estimated £5,500, police have said.
A man, understood to be aged 30, was arrested on suspicion of a number of drugs offences. He remains in police custody.
A search was later carried out on an unoccupied property in the Greenville road area of the city where detectives uncovered cannabis plants worth an estimated £50,000.
(JP/MH)
At around 10pm on Wednesday night, officers were called to an address in Wandsworth Crescent following a report of anti-social behaviour, according to reports. A search was carried out and plants and growing equipment were discovered worth an estimated £5,500, police have said.
A man, understood to be aged 30, was arrested on suspicion of a number of drugs offences. He remains in police custody.
A search was later carried out on an unoccupied property in the Greenville road area of the city where detectives uncovered cannabis plants worth an estimated £50,000.
(JP/MH)
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