Cannabis factory in your neighbourhood

Cannabis factory in your neighbourhood

Dear Resident,

Most of you looking at this photo will probably see two, nice, family homes in the quiet village of Fen Drayton.

Inside these properties tells a very different story.

Acting on information and concerns raised by members of the public, neighbourhood officers visited the two properties on Mill Road on Tuesday morning.

Inside the two five-bedroom houses they found more than 1,000 plants, with a street value of more than £1 million, across 18 different rooms. Growing equipment, cash and mobile phones were also seized.

Two men were found hiding inside a cupboard on the top floor of one house while two others attempted to run from police from the second property.

The men have all since been charged with production of cannabis and are due to appear at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court today (9 January).

There are key signs to spot a property that could be being used as a cannabis factory:

Frequent visitors to a property at unsocial hours throughout the day and night

Blacked out windows or condensation on the windows, even when it is not cold outside

Bright lights in rooms throughout the night

Electricity metres being tampered with/altered and new cabling

A powerful, distinctive, sweet, sticky aroma and noise from fans

An excessive amount of plant pots, chemicals, fertilisers and compost

Anyone with information about a potential cannabis factory or drug dealing can contact us online or call 101.

Kind Regards,

Inspector Colin Norden

Huntingdonshire Neighbourhood Policing Team

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