Police Scotland officers executed a warrant at a property on Gala Crescent in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, on Friday 16 October 2026.[1][2] Inside they found a cannabis cultivation.[1][2] Two men, aged 38 and 31, were arrested and charged in connection with drugs offences.[1][2] A number of items were also seized.[1] Both men were released on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date.[1][2]

Residents of a council housing scheme found scores of big cannabis plants dumped in a front garden after the police bust.[1][2][3] A neighbour said a police helicopter and vans had been on the street a few weeks earlier.[1][3] The neighbour said workers later emptied the house and dumped everything on the street.[4][2][3] The pile also held soil, plant pots and containers for chemicals, the neighbour said.[1] One resident said he moved handfuls of leaves from the pavement into bins and counted scores of large plants, some of which were still growing.[1] A large ventilation duct suggested an industrial cultivation, he said.[1] People walking past picked bits and pieces from the pile, he said.[1] Children had to walk past the garden to get to school, he added.[1]