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These are the moments in Reading where police won a major battle in the on-going war against the town's cannabis drug trade.
Four so-called factories were shut down in the same day in a blitz against the criminal underworld.
Officers seized hundreds of cannabis plants from four homes across Reading.
Acting on tip-offs from neighbours, officers raided a house in Cholmeley Avenue, New Town, at around 8pm on Tuesday.
They found that almost every room in the house had been converted to cultivate the class C drug under artificial lights.
An almost identical set-up was found - following more tip-offs - in two neighbouring houses in Pell Street.
Scenes of crime officers were at the buildings yesterday (Wed), recovering plants, paraphernalia and associated growing equipment which will all be destroyed.
And earlier that day, a fourth factory was closed down and 300 plants seized by police from a house in London Road, east Reading.
Six rooms in the rented property had been converted to enable the plants to grow under artificial lights.
No arrests have been made in this latest seizure, and police said the plants and equipment would be destroyed.
Inspector Kevin Sinfield said: "I think this is further evidence that we take a hard line on drugs. With this warrant we have prevented a large amount of cannabis from entering the streets of Reading and the subsequent profits being passed on to criminals.
"Very often successful raids, like this one, are the result of tip-offs by the community, and we are keen to hear from anyone who has information about illegal drug cultivation or dealing."
This raid is the latest in a string of successful busts by Reading police.
Earlier this month, police seized between 400 and 500 cannabis plants, with a street value of £150,000 to £200,000, from another property in London Road, Newtown.
And in August, 450 plants were seized from houses in Waverley Road and Beecham Road after neighbours reported a sweet, sickly smell and fans running night and day.
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Source: icBerkshire (UK)
Pubdate: 2 November 2006
Author: Alex Adams
Copyright: 2006 Trinity Mirror Southern Limited
Contact: news@readingchronicle.co.uk
Website: Article Here
Four so-called factories were shut down in the same day in a blitz against the criminal underworld.
Officers seized hundreds of cannabis plants from four homes across Reading.
Acting on tip-offs from neighbours, officers raided a house in Cholmeley Avenue, New Town, at around 8pm on Tuesday.
They found that almost every room in the house had been converted to cultivate the class C drug under artificial lights.
An almost identical set-up was found - following more tip-offs - in two neighbouring houses in Pell Street.
Scenes of crime officers were at the buildings yesterday (Wed), recovering plants, paraphernalia and associated growing equipment which will all be destroyed.
And earlier that day, a fourth factory was closed down and 300 plants seized by police from a house in London Road, east Reading.
Six rooms in the rented property had been converted to enable the plants to grow under artificial lights.
No arrests have been made in this latest seizure, and police said the plants and equipment would be destroyed.
Inspector Kevin Sinfield said: "I think this is further evidence that we take a hard line on drugs. With this warrant we have prevented a large amount of cannabis from entering the streets of Reading and the subsequent profits being passed on to criminals.
"Very often successful raids, like this one, are the result of tip-offs by the community, and we are keen to hear from anyone who has information about illegal drug cultivation or dealing."
This raid is the latest in a string of successful busts by Reading police.
Earlier this month, police seized between 400 and 500 cannabis plants, with a street value of £150,000 to £200,000, from another property in London Road, Newtown.
And in August, 450 plants were seized from houses in Waverley Road and Beecham Road after neighbours reported a sweet, sickly smell and fans running night and day.
Newshawk: user - <A HREF="420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking">420 Magazine</A>
Source: icBerkshire (UK)
Pubdate: 2 November 2006
Author: Alex Adams
Copyright: 2006 Trinity Mirror Southern Limited
Contact: news@readingchronicle.co.uk
Website: Article Here
