Cannabis farms worth £3.5million discovered in Telford

A cannabis farm with an estimated street value of around £2.7million was discovered this morning in Telford.

The grow was found following a warrant carried out in the early hours at an abandoned industrial unit in Hortonwood.

Officers from Telford’s Neighbourhood Crime Fighting Team (NCFT) and Proactive CID executed the warrant after information was received about unusual activity taking place at the unit.

When officers entered the building 2,739 mature cannabis plants were discovered, along with several boxes of already cropped plants. Together they hold an estimated street value of around £2.7million.

Three men, aged 27, 30, and 45, living in the unit tried to avoid arrest by breaking down one of the back doors.

Officers were waiting for them, and they were swiftly arrested on suspicion of production of cannabis, and taken to custody where they remain as enquiries are carried out.

Today’s warrant comes in the same week that a cannabis farm with 874 plants, worth an estimated £800,000, was discovered at a property in Woodside, Telford by a PCSO carrying out patrols on Wednesday afternoon (6 November).

No-one has been arrested in connection with the Woodside cannabis farm and enquiries are ongoing.