Three arrests in cannabis house raid

Dozens of cannabis plants have been seized from a house in Staffordshire in a police raid. Three people were arrested following yesterday's discovery in Cannock.

A team of police officers with a search warrant raided the home in Clarion Way, where they discovered more than 30 marijuana plants hidden in the property. The three people arrested, a woman aged 37 and two men aged 42 and 43, all from the Cannock area, have been released on bail and are expected to appear in court in a few weeks.

Sergeant Ant Richards, from Cannock Neighbourhood Policing Unit, said: "We got the warrant at around 9.30am and the raid was carried out by members of the Chase division proactive unit and Cannock NPU.

"Three people have been arrested for offences concerning the cultivation of cannabis."

They have all been released on police bail and are likely to appear in court in early June.

The drugs raid was executed by 10 police officers, and scenes of crime officers and representatives from the electricity company were also present.

"There were a total of 32 plants some of which had been harvested and some of which hadn't," Sergeant Richards said.

"A quantity of harvested vegetation was seized."

The raid follows the discovery of hundreds of the illegal plants in a sleepy south Staffordshire village at the weekend.

Police seized around 400 cannabis plants from a house in Codsall on Saturday.

Officers swooped on the property in Strawmoor Lane after a tip-off about a supected drugs factory.

Officers removed the plants and equipment used to cultivate them in the raid on Saturday, for examination by forensic specialists.

Inspector Pat Shannaghan, commander of Wombourne neighbourhood policing unit, stressed the importance of the community's role in the fight against drug dealers following the raid, and urged anyone with information about drug related activity to contact police.