Attempted ram-raid leads police to cannabis farm at Black Country industrial estate
More than 1,000 cannabis plants were found growing at a Black Country drugs farm after police were tipped off about an attempted ram-raid.
The drugs factory was found in a unit at the Granada Trading Estate in Oldbury yesterday after police were called to reports of men trying to ram their way into a unit with a van at around 2.30pm.
Four men, all aged between 21 and 30, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of burglary and cultivating cannabis.
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Photos taken at the drugs farm showed hundreds of plants packed into the unit, off Park Lane near Junction 2 of the M5.
Industrial grow lamps and ventilation ducts could be seen hanging from the ceiling connected to a Sunmaster ballast, while numerous wires were connected to plugs attached to wooden posts.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police asked anyone with information to contact the force via its website or by calling 101, quoting crime reference 20SW/238553M/18.
Alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.
The four arrested men remained in custody this morning.
