Police seize 100 cannabis plants from Hucknall house following tip off

Nearly 100 cannabis plants have been seized from a house in Hucknall following a tip off.

Officers visited the Norman Drive property at around 12.15am on Saturday (June 4) morning.

Having forced entry to the building they seized the plants, as well as growing and electrical equipment, which have now been destroyed.

Sgt Andy Crosby, of the Ashfield neighbourhood policing team said: "Cannabis cultivation is a serious offence that is often linked to organised criminality and a range of related offences – from significant incidents of violence to people trafficking.

"Cannabis grows themselves are also extremely dangerous. In this and in others we have found the electrics had been crudely bypassed and posed a clear risk to safety.

"We take any reports we receive very seriously and won't hesitate to take action where we think there is evidence of a cultivation

"This was a significant grow that had clearly taken somebody a lot of time and money to set up. I am pleased it has now been disrupted and a significant quantity of drugs taken off the streets."