A man is being questioned by police after a huge cannabis farm was discovered in Rochdale. Almost 500 cannabis plants were seized after an early morning raid on a building on Rooley Moor Road on Monday.
Police say it followed 'weeks of extensive intelligence-gathering within the community'. Inside officers found 275 plants on the first floor and another 200 on the ground floor. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Remnants of suspected further grows were also discovered, including drug paraphernalia, power packs, and other growing materials.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested under suspicion of cultivation of Class B drugs and abstracting electricity. Enquiries are currently ongoing.
Pc Giblin, from GMP's Rochdale neighbourhood team, said: "We are committed to acting on intelligence when we get it and we take any reports we receive very seriously. "This was a great result for our neighbourhood team and I hope this arrest and action shows that we are committed to keeping the streets of Rochdale safe." Anyone with any information about the property on Rooley Moor Road is asked to call 101 or visit gmp.police.uk. Read more of today's top stories here READ NEXT:
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