Police have busted a huge cannabis farm worth hundreds of thousands of pounds inside a Birmingham property.
Officers uncovered a factory worth almost £260,000 inside an address in Witton Lodge Road, Kingstanding on Friday (October 23).
A total of 258 plants were counted and seized as officers executed the drugs warrant in the early hours of the morning.
As police entered, a 19-year-old man from Vietnam was found with the ‘full cannabis set up’ and arrested for cultivation.
He was released without charge as he’s being treated as a ‘potential trafficking victim’, the force said.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “This was a warrant conducted at the address in the early hours of this morning.
“Upon entering a male was found and arrested for cultivation and a full cannabis setup (258 Plants were counted and seized).
“It was a 19-year-old man from Vietnam. He will be referred to immigration colleagues as suspicion he is in the UK illegally.”
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