Police have taken out a cannabis operation in Calverton – finding plants, cash, burner phones and some drugs stored in a freezer in dog litter bags.
Officers from Gedling’s Operation Reacher team, supported by the Reacher team from Oxclose Lane, executed an early morning warrant at an address in Flatts Lane.
The front door was taken off its hinges, and the property was thoroughly searched by officers.
The intelligence came from the local community who were frustrated about drug dealing blighting their area and the Reacher team responded.
A number of cannabis plants were discovered in various states of growth as well as cannabis packed into dog litter bags in a kitchen freezer. A small amount of white powder suspected to be cocaine was also found along with some pre packed hybrid cannabis strains and edibles. Hydroponic growing equipment was also discovered.
They also found hundreds of pounds of cash, some mobile phones, and sim cards hidden around the property believed to be linked to drug dealing.
The electricity had also been bypassed into the hallway of the communal block of flats, which was a fire hazard and could have potentially endangered lives.
Two people, a male in his 40s, and a female in her 30s, were arrested for the cultivation of cannabis, possession with intent to supply cannabis, possession of a Class A drug (cocaine) and abstracting electricity.
The warrant was executed just after 8am yesterday (Wednesday 12 October).
