Police smash drugs operation and arrest five in dawn raid on 32,000 sq ft warehouse hiding cannabis plants worth £1million
Police have smashed a drugs operation and arrested five people after a dawn raid at a 32,000sq ft warehouse uncovered cannabis plants worth £1million. Hundreds of plants were found growing at a makeshift factory in Charlton, south-east London, on Wednesday. Metropolitan Police say the plants could have been worth between £800,000 and £1million if they had been sold on the streets of London. Hundreds of cannabis plants were found growing inside an abandoned warehouse in Charlton, south-east London, on Wednesday morning Met Police say the haul of plants would have been worth between £800,000 and £1million if harvested and sold on the streets of London Officers obtained a warrant to gain entry after receiving a tip-off about the factory and enlisted a National Police Air Service helicopter to carry out reconnaissance of the site. Police have asked people to contact them if they spot signs of a cannabis factory at a property, such as the smell, covered windows, lots of condensation, and