Police "smashed the door to bits" during a raid at a cannabis farm.
Merseyside Police confirmed officers arrested a man after a house was raided on Ampthill Road, Aigburth. A number of growing rooms with cannabis were found in the terraced house during the raid at around 8.30pm on Tuesday, November 29.
A 40-year-old man from Aigburth was arrested on suspicion of cannabis cultivation and abstracting electricity. He remains in custody. The Merseyside Police cannabis dismantling team attended the scene today to seize a total of 246 plants and equipment across five rooms.
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An eyewitness told the ECHO police "smashed the door to bits" during the raid. They added: "Forensics were there along with two vans. I assumed it was a [cannabis farm] because the stink in the street was ridiculous. I walked down there and they were loading stuff."
Matt Brown, who leads the cannabis dismantling team, said: "This was a significant find of cannabis and equipment seized by our officers, which will make neighbouring properties and the local community a safer place to live. Setting up such large-scale cannabis farms and extracting electricity illegally in this manner poses a serious risk of fire and flooding to residents and businesses. Such organised operations also attract the risk of violent crime from drug supply.
"If you spot any signs that cannabis is being grown near where you live and work please let us know so that we can continue to take action. Any information helps residents and the work we do, so make us aware and we will investigate."
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