Merseyside Police find 650-plant cannabis farm on Kitchen Street
On 4 October 2025 Merseyside Police patrols uncovered an industrial-scale cannabis farm with more than 650 plants in five rooms at a Kitchen Street warehouse in Liverpool city centre, arrested 21 men at the scene and charged them with being concerned in producing cannabis.
🇬🇧 Kitchen Street warehouse, Liverpool city centre · United Kingdom
Just before 20:00 on Saturday 4 October 2025 Merseyside Police patrols in Liverpool city centre
found a large cannabis farm inside a warehouse on Kitchen Street.[1]
Officers counted more than 650 cannabis plants spread across five separate growing rooms.[1][2]
They arrested 21 men at the scene and later charged each with being concerned in the production of
a Class B drug, namely cannabis.[1][2]Merseyside Police named all 21 defendants, aged 22 to 53,
with addresses in Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Middlesbrough and several other English cities as
well as men listed with no fixed address.[1]
The men appeared at Liverpool Adult Remand Court on 6 October and were remanded in custody pending
further hearings, according to the force.[1]BBC News reported the same charges and remand
after magistrates’ court appearances.[2]
The October releases did not give a police valuation of the crop or say whether electricity had been
abstracted from the supply.[1][2]
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BBC News said officers found the farm at about 08:00 BST on 4 October, while Merseyside Police said the discovery came just before 20:00 the same day; this report follows the force account.
Police named 21 charged men but did not report individual roles or harvest totals by room in the October releases.
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.
