Cannabis farm worth '£470k' uncovered as more than 560 plants seized in Clayton-le-Moors drug raid
A cannabis farm with an estimated street value of nearly £480,000 has been uncovered by police at a property in Clayton-le-Moors.
Officers from the Hyndburn Neighbourhood and Taskforce Teams attended an address on Blackburn Road on Thursday.
Inside the property, officers discovered 568 cannabis plants in the process of being cultivated, along with a number of large plastic bags containing cannabis.
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Police also found that the electricity meter had been bypassed, a common tactic used in cannabis cultivation to illegally access power.
Two people were arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and were later remanded in police custody to attend court on Friday morning.
Each cannabis plant can be worth approximately £840 when sold on the street, putting the estimated value of the seizure at around £477,000.
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