These pictures show the extent of a cannabis factory discovered by police in Dorset.
The images, which were released by Dorset Police Specialist Operations, show the factory on Westminster Road in Wareham.
Officers from the Specialist Operations Team, the Professional Development Unit and the Weymouth Force Support Group executed a warrant on Wednesday, February 1.
Officers from the Weymouth Force Support Group, together with other teams from Specialist Ops and the Professional Development Unit conducted a warrant last week in Wareham. Inside was an extremely large, sophisticated cannabis factory. 5 people arrested to date ... (1/2) 🟡 pic.twitter.com/Vgpg8LfIrw
— Dorset Police Specialist Operations (@DorPol_POPS) February 6, 2023
Searches conducted by officers reportedly located a “large-scale operation” cultivating what was believed to be cannabis.
As a result of the discovery, five men were charged in relation to Dorset Police’s investigation and appeared in court in Poole charged with conspiring to produce a quantity of cannabis, a drug of class B.
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