Man arrested as 30 cannabis plants seized in Goldthorn Road raid
West Midlands Police recovered 30 cannabis plants in a drugs warrant at a property on Goldthorn Road, Wolverhampton, and arrested a man on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity. Birmingham Live reported that police put the plants' street value at about £30,000.
West Midlands Police officers carried out a drugs warrant at an address on
Goldthorn Road in Wolverhampton and recovered 30 cannabis plants.[1]Officers
seized the crop on Monday morning and arrested a man on suspicion of cultivation
of cannabis.[1]
The man was also held on suspicion of illegally abstracting electricity and of
possessing a banned breed of dog, and West Midlands Police said he remained in
custody.[1]Birmingham Live reported that West Midlands Police estimated the
plants’ street value at about £30,000, working from an average of £1,000 a
plant.[2]Birmingham Live reported that the warrant was a section 23 misuse of
drugs warrant and that police photos showed about a dozen plants growing in pots
under a hydroponic set-up and several clear jars of cannabis.[2]Ettingshall,
Blakenhall and Spring Vale Police said on X that officers conducted the warrant
that morning and that one male was in custody for cultivation of cannabis,
abstracting electricity and possession of banned dogs.[2]
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Police photos of the grow room at the property on Goldthorn Road in Wolverhampton, published with the BBC report on the raid. Photo: West Midlands PolicePhoto details
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Source: BBC NewsCannabis plants growing in pots under a hydroponic set-up at the Goldthorn Road property, in a police photo. Photo: WMPPhoto details
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Source: Birmingham LiveClear jars of cannabis found at the Goldthorn Road property, in a police photo. Photo: WMPPhoto details
The source gives no date for the raid beyond saying it happened on a Monday morning; 16 November 2025 is used as the incident date because Birmingham Live, published on 16 November, quotes the police team's post from that morning about the warrant, and the BBC report is dated 17 November.
The £30,000 value is the police force's street-value estimate on an average of £1,000 a plant, not a market figure for the seized material.
No weight of dried cannabis was published, although Birmingham Live reports jars of cannabis were photographed at the property.
The article does not name the arrested man or give his age, the property type, or say whether the 30 plants were all the plants at the site; Birmingham Live describes photographs showing only around a dozen plants.
No charge, court appearance or outcome was reported, and the man was still in custody when the accounts were published.
The address is given as Goldthorn Road in the police statement; Birmingham Live also refers to the Goldthorn Hill area of Wolverhampton.
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.
