75 cannabis plants seized from van in Sheffield, 27-year-old arrested
South Yorkshire Police found a white van on Brooklands Crescent, Sheffield, stuffed with black bin bags holding 75 cannabis plants after spotting two vehicles travelling in convoy in Fulwood. Follow-up enquiries led to a cannabis farm with about 40 plants in Gleadless and the arrest of a 27-year-old man, bailed pending further enquiries.
South Yorkshire Police officers on patrol in Sheffield spotted two vehicles
travelling in convoy in the Fulwood area and, a short time later, located one of
them, a white van, on Brooklands Crescent.[1]When they opened the sliding
door of the white van on Brooklands Crescent, they found it stuffed to the roof
with black bin bags filled with a total of 75 cannabis plants.[1]
Follow-up enquiries at an address in Gleadless linked to the vehicle led
officers to a cannabis farm containing around 40 plants.[1]
A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of production of cannabis and has
been bailed pending further enquiries.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Plants destroyed
75
Agency
South Yorkshire Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (75 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Vehicle, Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Date
Approximate
Sources
Sheffield Starthestar.co.ukBin bags full of cannabis plants found after routine police stop-and-search in Sheffield
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The exact day of the van stop and farm discovery is not recorded in the source; only that it occurred shortly before 12 November 2026.
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