Halloween fireworks group in Reading left a cannabis grinder behind
Police patrolling Reading on Halloween night found a cannabis grinder, fireworks and a pair of AirPods left at Rabsons Recreation Ground by a group that ran off when officers arrived. No one was detained over the grinder, and police appealed for the AirPods' owner.
🇬🇧 Rabsons Recreation Ground, Reading · United Kingdom
A group set off fireworks at Rabsons Recreation Ground in Reading on Halloween
night, 31 October 2026, while officers from the Reading South East and Town
Centre Neighbourhood Teams patrolled the area.[1]The group ran off when it
saw the officers, leaving behind a selection of fireworks, a cannabis grinder
and a pair of AirPods.[2]
No one was arrested or detained over the grinder, and no weight of cannabis,
charge or court step over it was reported.[2]
In a separate incident on the same night, officers arrested a woman wanted on
recall to prison who tried to cycle away along Northumberland Avenue.[1]
No figure was reported for how much cannabis, if any, the grinder held, so no weight is recorded.
No one was arrested or charged over the grinder; the group fled and was not identified in these accounts.
Only the Reading Chronicle reported the event, in two articles drawn from the police neighbourhood team's account; the team's own statement could not be opened.
The separate arrest of a woman on recall to prison and the seizure of an illegal e-bike on the same night are other incidents from the roundup and are not counted here.
The article says only "Halloween night"; 31 October 2026 is the date given for the same patrols by the second Reading Chronicle report.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Reading Chronicle (via MSN): Police appealed for the owner of the AirPods, saying they would arrange their return and give advice on the safe use of fireworks and on the possession of cannabis-related items.
Hampshire police seized cannabis, a mobile phone and almost £400 in cash from the passenger of a vehicle in Southampton during a stop for suspected drug-related activity, part of Operation Enduro. No weight was given for the cannabis and no arrests were reported.
A fire above a shop on Spring Bank in Hull on the morning of Saturday 7 November 2026 led emergency services to more than 500 suspected cannabis plants on two floors of the upper residential area. Humberside Police kept a scene guard at the building and said officers were still trying to identify those involved.
Gwent Police Special officers seized a quantity of cannabis during a stop search in Newport city centre. The search was carried out under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act during proactive patrols.
South Yorkshire Police responded to a house fire on St Vincent Road in Wheatley, Doncaster, on 25 April 2026, saying they believed it followed cannabis cultivation. Officers seized an aggressive dog found loose at the property and said it remained in police kennels while their investigation continued.
