Cannabis worth an estimated £2 million pounds seized across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

It was as part of a month long national operation

Author: Julie CastonPublished 6th Jul 2023

25 people have been charged after an estimated £2 million pounds worth of cannabis was seized across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.

Raids were carried out at almost 30 properties across Scunthorpe, Hull, Grimsby and Goole, including:

  • Moorwell Road, Fox Street, Sheffield Street, Doncaster Road, Marlowe Road, Grange Lane South, Queen Street in Scunthorpe.
  • Brookyln Street, Louie Street, Plane Street, Croyland Avenue, Hessle Road, York Street, Thoresby Street, Ryde Avenue, Park Road in Hull.
  • Dudley Street and Castle Street Grimsby.
  • Carlile Street, Goole and Stamford Bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

It was as part of a month long national operation.

Weapons including a friction lock baton, handmade spear and an air rifle were also found.

Electricity had also been abstracted illegally at 21 of the premises across the force area.

Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Gawthorpe said:

“This has been a vast operation, taking months in the planning and gathering of intelligence and information.

“Tackling drug crimes within the Humberside force area is a priority for us as it has a big impact on local communities, anti-social and disruptive behaviour often follows drug use and dealing.

“The community impact this type of offending has is the reason we will continue to do everything we can to disrupt these criminal networks, removing them, and the drugs they supply and distribute, from our streets.

“Importantly the operation also opened windows of opportunity for us together with the wider Community Safety Partnership to identify and safeguard vulnerable members of the community targeted by these gangs”.

Across the Yorkshire region, with assistance from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit (YH ROCU) over £5.3 million of cannabis has been seized as a result of the 141 search warrants.

Detective Superintendent Fiona Gaffney, deputy head of the YH ROCU, led the response in Yorkshire and the Humber. She said:

“We targeted these criminal networks who were involved in drug dealing, immigration crime and money laundering as part of a coordinated approach to disrupting their activities and bringing them to justice.

“Working with police in all four Yorkshire and Humber forces, as well as our partner agencies, we were able to tackle the large-scale cultivation of cannabis which is a key source of illicit income for organised gangs.

“There’s a clear link between serious crime and those involved in cannabis cultivation. The drugs trade fuels gang violence as groups compete for territory. They hunt out the opposition and cause misery in our communities.”

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