South Shields £300,000 cannabis farm seized
Police have seized a cannabis farm in South Shields with an estimated street value of £300,000. Police were called to a disturbance in Brownlow Road last night (Wednesday, August 24) after three men had kicked a door at a house in the street before making off down an alley. Officers attended and when they went into the house found between 300 and 400 cannabis plants in a front bedroom and the loft. Police will now dismantle the farm and dispose of the cannabis plants. Acting Neighbourhood Inspector Steve Prested said: "We simply won't tolerate drugs being harvested in our communities and this is a sizeable amount of cannabis that is now off our streets and cannot be sold on." Enquiries are now on-going into the find and those involved.