Dear Resident,

Last week we assisted our fire and rescue colleagues with a blaze in Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, and we have a bit of an update for you.

The initial blaze was thought to have started because of an electrical fire, however on further investigation it looked as though someone may have been abstracting electricity.

Our neighbourhood officers did some digging and discovered a cannabis factory within the scrap yard, seizing 306 plants worth up to about £257,000 which were growing inside lorry trailers.

Later the same afternoon we received information about a potential cannabis factory in Mount Pleasant Road, so we made our way over to check it out.

The suspicions were right and across three floors within a warehouse we found another grow, but this time worth up about £430,000.

In the space of 24 hours, we have removed more than £685,000 worth of cannabis from Wisbech and seriously disrupted someone’s “businesses”.

No arrests, yet… but investigations are very much ongoing.

If you’ve got information or concerns about drug dealing or production, you can report to us online via our dedicated drugs information webpage.

Kind regards,