Man held over cannabis factory

PC Andy Pickering with the cannabis plants

AROUND 500 cannabis plants have been seized in a raid on a terrace house in Failsworth.

A 31-year-old man was arrested in connection with production of a controlled drug after police pounced at the house at 151 Old Road following a tip-off from the public.

The electricity supply had been tampered with, and an electricity company was called out to make it safe, and the area was sealed off to allow a police forensics team to work.

Neighbourhood police officer PC Andy Pickering, who was on the police team which spent around four hours dismantling the cannabis farm and removing the plants for incineration, commended the actions of the local community who alerted police.

He said: “We try to act on all information received, and we deal with all sources of information anonymously. I would urge members of the public to come forward to give us as much information as possible.

“This kind of activity has a wider issue — it leads to other crimes because people who use drugs go out to steal so they can pay for them.”