Crime
Tip-off leads Cambridgeshire police to cannabis factory
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A tip-off led police to a suspected cannabis factory in a Cambridgeshire village.
Police have arrested three men following the discovery in Willingham.
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Google Map of Millfield Willingham
A police spokesperson said: “Acting on information received from members of the public, officers visited a home in Millfield yesterday (17 January), where they found a van containing a large amount of soil.
“Suspecting there was a cannabis factory inside, officers entered the house and seized cannabis, which had already been harvested worth about £12,000.”
Three men aged 24, 24 and 52 were found in the property and arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis.
They remain in custody at Parkside Police Station, Cambridge.
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Photo of some of the cannabis in buckets ready to be distributed.
Sergeant Rob Taylor, from the South Cambs Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Thanks to information from the community, this illegal drug will no longer reach the streets.
“Drug trafficking is a source of revenue for organised crime groups, many of whom are involved in other forms of serious crime and modern-day slavery.
“We encourage people to look out for signs of illegal cannabis factories including blacked out windows, unusual smells and people coming and going various times of the day.”