A home-made spear was seized as police busted cannabis factories with a combined value of £1.5 million.
West Midlands Police seized almost 1,500 plants and dismantled dangerous hydroponic set-ups during raids in Coventry.
Officers recovered four knives and a homemade spear making four arrests in the process.
Police acted on intelligence and carried out raids at a dozen addresses around the city last week.
The drug dens were suspected to have been used to fund organised crime gangs.
Neighbourhood officers carried out raids at properties in St George’s Road, Marlborough Road, Aldbourne Road, Windmill Road, Marlston Walk, Freeman Street and Winchester Street. Several addresses were targeted in some streets.
Police arrested and charged four foreign nationals aged between 21 and 42 with cultivation of cannabis. They were remanded as other immigration enquiries were completed.
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Investigations are being carried out around those linked to the drug farms.
Chief Insp Paul Southern, from Coventry Police, said: “This forms part of our ongoing efforts to dismantle drug dens which we believe are connected to wider crime groups.
“They are not only illegal, but dangerous, with the set ups to bypass electricity a real fire threat. A significant blaze could put the safety of others living nearby at risk.
(Image: WMP)
“We often find people are trafficked and…
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A home-made spear was seized as police busted cannabis factories with a combined value of £1.5 million.
West Midlands Police seized almost 1,500 plants and dismantled dangerous hydroponic set-ups during raids in Coventry.
Officers recovered four knives and a homemade spear making four arrests in the process.
Police acted on intelligence and carried out raids at a dozen addresses around the city last week.
The drug dens were suspected to have been used to fund organised crime gangs.
Neighbourhood officers carried out raids at properties in St George’s Road, Marlborough Road, Aldbourne Road, Windmill Road, Marlston Walk, Freeman Street and Winchester Street. Several addresses were targeted in some streets.
Police arrested and charged four foreign nationals aged between 21 and 42 with cultivation of cannabis. They were remanded as other immigration enquiries were completed.
(Image: WMP)
Investigations are being carried out around those linked to the drug farms.
Chief Insp Paul Southern, from Coventry Police, said: “This forms part of our ongoing efforts to dismantle drug dens which we believe are connected to wider crime groups.
“They are not only illegal, but dangerous, with the set ups to bypass electricity a real fire threat. A significant blaze could put the safety of others living nearby at risk.
(Image: WMP)
“We often find people are trafficked and…
