A 42-year-old Stoke-on-Trent man was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis, a class B controlled drug.[1][2] Staffordshire Police forced entry to a house in Normacot on 4 November 2026 after receiving information that cannabis was being grown there.[1][2] The raided house on Buccleuch Road in Stoke-on-Trent held a cannabis factory that officers entered by forcing their way inside.[1] Officers said 80 cannabis plants were found at the Buccleuch Road grow.[1][2] Police reported seizing more than 80 cannabis plants in the operation.[1] The arrested man remained in custody for questioning.[1]

Staffordshire Police said officers were acting on residents’ concerns about drug dealing and drug-related anti-social behaviour in Stoke-on-Trent.[1] The force said officers were listening, learning and working with the community to tackle the issues that matter most to residents.[1] Neighbours had spotted marked police vehicles on the terrace street on the previous afternoon, with a patrol car and forensic van still at the scene the next day.[1] Police asked witnesses to call 101 quoting incident 528 of November 4.[1]