Two potential modern slavery victims safeguarded by Cambs Police
It's after officers seized a cannabis factory in Graveley
Police in Cambridgeshire are currently protecting two men who they say are potential victims of modern slavery.
Its after a cannabis factory worth more than £1.5million was seized in Graveley.
Officers from the Huntingdonshire Neighbourhood Team acted yesterday (17/4) after a member of the public reported a suspicious smell coming from a farm in Offord Road.
Two men, aged 34 and 35, who are being treated as victims of modern slavery, were located inside locked premises and were safeguarded.
Officers seized 1,845 plants within an outbuilding.
An investigation is now underway.
Inspector Colin Norden, from the Huntingdonshire Neighbourhood Team, said: “This highlights the impact that cannabis cultivation has in relation to modern day slavery and the funding of organised crime. They are inextricably linked and neither have any place in our communities."
“Those who take advantage of others for organised criminality can expect to be brought to justice.
“We urge anyone with information or suspicions regarding drug activity in their area to contact us or Crimestoppers.”