No arrests after cannabis found in Lower Earley house raid
Thames Valley Police found cannabis inside a house in Stonea Close, Lower Earley, on 28 October after being called to a report of drugs offences. No one was arrested, officers could not say how much cannabis was found, and a resident's suspicion that the house was a cannabis farm was not confirmed.
🇬🇧 Stonea Close, Lower Earley · United Kingdom
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Thames Valley Police were called to a house in Stonea Close, Lower Earley, at
about 2.48pm on Wednesday 28 October.[1] Officers attended the residential
address and found cannabis inside the property.[1] No one was arrested, and
the force said enquiries were ongoing.[1] A resident who witnessed the raid
said they suspected the property was being used as a cannabis farm.[1]
Officers have not confirmed that.[1]
Police said they could not confirm the amount of cannabis found at the property
because their investigation remains ongoing.[1] A Thames Valley Police
spokesperson said officers were called to Stonea Close, Lower Earley, ‘to a
report of drugs offences at a property’.[1] The spokesperson added that
officers located drugs within the property and that no arrests had been made at
that time.[1] The force asked anyone with information to call 101 or make an
online report via the Thames Valley Police website.[1] It asked them to quote
reference 43260564177.[1]
Sources
- Police find cannabis during raid at house in Lower Earley. Reading Chronicle, 30 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- No figure for the amount of cannabis found, the number of plants or the value was published; officers said they could not confirm the amount.
- The report does not say whether the cannabis was seized or destroyed.
- No arrest, charge or court step has been reported since the raid.
- Whether the property was being used as a cannabis farm remains unconfirmed; a resident suspected it and officers did not confirm it.
- Only the Reading Chronicle reported the raid; no separate Thames Valley Police statement or second independent account was found.
- The address was given only as Stonea Close, with no house number or description of the property.
- The only picture with the report is a Google Maps image of the street, not of the raid or the cannabis, so no media link is listed.