Concerns voiced by the public spurred U.K. police to check out a house where officers ended up finding an illegal cannabis grow with 500 plants.
Officers from Expedite, a team charged with reducing drug dealing, and members of the Harrogate Safer Neighbourhood Team went to the property in Harrogate, a town in North Yorkshire, on Aug. 12 to serve a warrant, notes a statement from the North Yorkshire Police (NYP).
“They forced entry and conducted a search,” the police report, adding that officers seized both the plants and other items linked to drug production.
Producing or supplying a Class B drug, which includes cannabis, is illegal throughout the U.K. and punishable by 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.
Following the discovery, an 18-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of drug offences and remanded in custody, notes the police
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