On 22 October 2025, Merseyside Police searching a premises on Shaw Street in Everton found 999 cannabis plants on two floors, many internal doors barricaded; Scottish Power attended over possible illegal electricity abstraction and no grower was arrested at the scene.
🇬🇧 Shaw Street, Everton, Liverpool · United Kingdom
On 22 October 2025, Merseyside Police executed a warrant at a premises on Shaw Street in Everton
and found 999 cannabis plants growing across two floors.[1][2]
The force said many internal doors had been barricaded to delay entry and that Scottish Power staff
attended to make the building safe and assess possible illegal electricity abstraction.[1][2]
Inspector Leigh Price said the setup was well organised and removed a serious local safety risk
from unsafe power tapping.[1][2]Police said enquiries continued to identify those responsible and
appealed for information.[1][2]
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West Midlands Police found a substantial amount of cannabis plants in two rooms of a property on Littleworth Avenue in Woodsetton, Dudley, during a drugs warrant on 6 November 2026. No arrests were made and the force said its investigation was continuing.
Cleveland Police raided a property in Thorpe Thewles near Stockton on 5 November 2026, finding nearly 400 cannabis plants valued at up to £335,000. Two men who fled were tracked by a police drone, arrested, and remanded in custody on charges of producing a Class B drug.
Greater Manchester Police officers found a cannabis farm of 49 plants and more than £25,000 in cash at a property on Stonesteads Way in Bromley Cross, Bolton, and arrested a 69-year-old woman. She was released on bail on suspicion of producing cannabis and abstracting electricity.
Staffordshire Police forced entry to a house on Buccleuch Road in Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, on 4 November 2026 and seized more than 80 cannabis plants. A 42-year-old Stoke-on-Trent man was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and remained in custody for questioning.
