Suspected break-in leads to police finding more than £100,000 worth of cannabis at Hucknall address

Four men were arrested after a suspected break-in at a Hucknall address led police to more than £100,000 worth of cannabis.

Officers were called to a residential address on Springfield Road at around 2.15am on Saturday morning and detained three people in and around the property.

Inside they found more than 200 plants in various rooms in the house.

Three men aged 26, 22 and 21 were arrested on suspicion of burglary, theft, cultivation of cannabis and being concerned in the supply of class B drugs.

A 41-year-old man was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of the same offences when the car he was driving was pulled over on the Hucknall bypass.

They have all been released under investigation pending further enquiries.

The cannabis plants have now been taken away and will be destroyed. Growing equipment seized at the address has also been put beyond use.

Detective Sergeant Charlotte Henson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "This was a great piece of work by officers who responded quickly to reports of an on-going break-in at this address. They quickly tracked down and arrested multiple suspects before uncovering the real reason for their presence – a large and sophisticated cannabis grow.

"There is sometimes a perception that cannabis growing and consumption is a victimless crime but that couldn't be further from the truth. Growing and dealing drugs has a detrimental impact on communities and also leads directly to associated crimes of violence and burglary.

"We will continue to clamp down on drug dealing and it is always a very good result to stop this activity at source and prevent drugs from being sold on the streets.

"Growing cannabis is also very dangerous and poses a significant risk of fire that can spread to neighbouring properties."

Anyone with additional information about recent activities at this property is asked to call 101 quoting incident 77 of 10 June.