Smoking the distinct smelling plant and being in possession of it is still illegal in this country but consumers of the drug often do so with little regard for being punished by police.
There have been a number of pushes to decriminalise cannabis, more commonly known as weed, but for now at least it remains illegal and currently the law for anyone caught with the Class B drug is up to five years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both.
A spokesman for the police said that they would “never give away a caller’s identity”, adding: “We wouldn’t say information has come from a neighbour as that narrows it down.
If they were to smell the cannabis themselves, they might knock on the door and approach the subject that way.
Police have said that this could depend on a number of variables, including the amount of cannabis they have, and whether someone has had any previous convictions.