Police uncover cannabis farm containing an estimated £750k of plants

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Police today uncovered an illegal cannabis farm containing plants worth three quarters of a million pounds. Officers from Greater Manchester Police carried out a search warrant at an address in Cheetham, in Manchester, this evening (January 24).

What they found inside was a huge cannabis growing farm worth an estimated £750,000. READ MOREPolice question sixth suspect in relation to murder of 16-year-old Pictures shared by GMP's Crumpsall and Cheetham division show the extent of the farm, with a huge number of cannabis plants and heat lamps.

Police have now urged the public to come forward with any information that could help with their investigations to help them "continue taking drugs from the streets." Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletter You can sign up very simply by following the instructions here Sharing the images online, the tweet read: "Tonight we have executed a warrant in Cheetham and found a large cannabis farm with an estimated £750k worth of drugs. "If anyone has any information please pass it to us so we can continue taking drugs from the streets." The crackdown was made just a week after another large cannabis farm was uncovered on Hawkeshead Road, also in Cheetham Hill.

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