Cannabis farm worth £170K discovered as police raid Sheffield home

A cannabis farm has been dismantled after officers discovered the illegal grow hidden inside a home in Sheffield.

South Yorkshire Police acted on intelligence to raid a property in Maltravers Road on Thursday (November 21) where, after forcing entry, they found around 170 cannabis plants which had an estimated street value of around £170,000. They have been seized and will now be destroyed.

Inspector Katie Hammond, who leads the neighbourhood team in South East Sheffield, said: "A common misconception around cannabis farms is that they pose relatively low risk to the community. This is not true. Homes housing cannabis farms carry a serious fire risk as the electricity is often bypassed in an attempt to hide what is really going on inside.

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"We also know cultivations like the one we have found help to fund the illegal and extremely harmful activities of organised crime groups. We'll continue to work to dismantle cannabis farms and bring those who think they're above the law to justice.

"Enquiries are ongoing to locate suspects in connection to the cannabis farm we found on Thursday." If you have further information about the cultivation on Thursday - and think it could be relevant to the investigation - please quote incident number 189 of 21 November and call 101.

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