Two arrested after 165 cannabis plants seized in a Welbourn house
On 16 October 2026 Lincolnshire Police executed a warrant at a property in Welbourn and seized 165 flowering cannabis plants across several rooms. A 65-year-old and a 27-year-old were arrested on suspicion of cultivation, production and abstracting electricity, then bailed; police put a possible annual turnover at about £350,000.
On Friday 16 October 2026 Lincolnshire Police executed a warrant at a property in Welbourn, near
Lincoln, and found a cannabis grow spread across multiple rooms.[1][2]Officers seized 165 plants
that had begun to flower and were, they said, about two to three weeks from harvest.[1][2]
The electricity supply had been bypassed; National Grid attended to make the property safe.[1]Based on the size and stage of the grow, police estimated it could have generated an annual turnover
of around £350,000.[1][2]
A 65-year-old man and a 27-year-old man were each arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis,
producing a Class B controlled drug and abstracting electricity without authority.[1][2]Both were
released on bail while enquiries continued.[1][2]Officers dismantled the grow and removed the
plants.[1]
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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.
