£220,000 worth of cannabis found after police raid in Mansfield – Nottinghamshire Live

A man has been jailed after police found more than £220,000 worth of cannabis at farms in two houses next to each other.

Around 350 plants were found growing across 10 different rooms and were destroyed while the high value growing equipment used to maintain them was also seized by police.

He was caught by officers after climbing down from the attic and trying to escape by running out through the front door.

It is also typical for these types of grows to involve dangerous modifications to wiring and for electricity to be bypassed, which is a huge fire risk to people in the house and in the neighbouring areas too.

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