Police uncover four cannabis farms across Fishwick and St Matthews

4 hashish farms have been raided by police throughout the St Matthews and Fishwick areas of the town.

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Preston Police launched particulars of greater than 300 hashish crops which have been uncovered.

On Thursday 25 January a property in Stefano Street, Fishwick, was raided with 55 crops seized. The electrical energy within the property had been bypassed.

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And on Friday 26 January three properties in St Luke’s Place, St Matthews, have been raided with 280 crops uncovered. These properties additionally had the electrical energy provide bypassed.

Sergeant Hargreaves from Preston Process Pressure stated: “These hashish cultivations typically have hyperlinks to organised crime teams and we’ll proceed to crack down and sort out these points. As well as, the tampering of the electrical energy provide is a harmful hearth hazard to neighbouring properties, a few of which had kids residing inside.”

No arrests have been made at this stage. Police say the raids got here on account of info from the area people.

Anybody with considerations or details about drug dealing or cultivation of their space can name police on 101 or report crimes on-line by way of the Lancashire Constabulary report on-line software. Or Crimestoppers could be contacted anonymously on 080055111.

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