Police release video footage of raid on large cannabis factory in city centre

Police have launched video footage of a raid on a large cannabis factory in the center of Winchester city centre.

Officers executed a search warrant in the early hours of Monday on the constructing in Higher Brook Avenue in the Hampshire city and arrested a 54-year-old man.

A spokesman for Hampshire police stated: “Inside, officers found a large quantity of cannabis crops at numerous phases of development.

“A scene stays in place whereas officers decide the precise scale of the manufacturing and quantity of crops. The crops shall be seized and destroyed.

“As half of our inquiries, a 54-year-old man from Winchester has been arrested on suspicion of producing a managed drug of class B.

“He stays in custody whereas our inquiries proceed.”

Inspector Matt Kirby stated: “We are going to proceed to analyze what we now have discovered at this time to carry these accountable to justice.

“The rationale why we take this sort of factor so critically is as a result of any manufacturing of medicine is linked to hidden hurt.

“Large-scale operations are sometimes run by organised crime teams, who are sometimes related to very severe violence.

“{The electrical} gear and constructing modifications wanted to develop this many crops can also be extremely harmful and is usually a large fireplace threat.

“We encourage folks to please proceed to report suspicious behaviour and suspected drug dealing in your space to police, as the data you present helps us develop the larger image that leads us to take motion and take away medicine from the streets.

“Lastly, we’re very conscious that our actions occurred in a busy city centre. We now have tried to minimise disruption as a lot as doable, and we wish to thank the area people for his or her endurance.”