Nottingham home raided by police after suspicions raised over 'drugs factory'
Police raided a Nottingham home after suspicions were raised that it was being used to hide a "drugs factory". Officers raided the property in Hendon Rise, St Ann’s, around 9am on Tuesday, September 17, after an intelligence gathering operation.
The house's downstairs had been turned into a living and sleeping area, which provided a place to sleep for the people tending to the cannabis plants officers found above. The force said the upper floor of the home had been turned into a cannabis farm, with around 50 plants being grown across two rooms.
The house's electricity supply had been bypassed and cables were found dangerously hanging from the ceiling throughout the upstairs rooms, Nottinghamshire Police added. Kristo Hortia, 26, was found inside the property and arrested by officers, before being charged with the production of a Class B drug.
He appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, September 18, and was jailed for six months. Sergeant Scott Loughran, of the St Ann’s response team, said: “Our officers have worked hard to gain intelligence about this property and our suspicions were proved to be accurate when we carried out the raid.
“This has allowed us to put this drugs production factory out of action and prevent further issues and wider criminality in the community. This was an extensive grow and worth a lot of money to the criminals behind the enterprise.
“I’d urge other people to be on the look-out for grows like this." Mr Loughran added that concerned neighbours should look out for windows which are blocked with either tape or thick curtains, and persistent sound from fans and smells from the plants.