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UK: Police raid nets £20K cannabis haul Tina Curran middletonguardian@gmwn.co.uk Middleton Guardian Thursday 05 Oct 2006 CANNABIS plants with an estimated value of £20,000 have been discovered at a makeshift factory in Middleton. Police descended on the illegal drugs farm on Hough Lane, Slattocks on Wednesday 27 September armed with a search warrant. More than 70 plants were found in the raid which was part of a national crackdown on cannabis factories. Officers also discovered a quantity of hydroponics equipment at the cannabis farm which is used to cultivate the drug. A 48-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, both from Rochdale, were arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity. Both men have been released on police bail pending further enquires. The arrests form part of Operation Keymer, a crackdown launched to target hundreds of cannabis factories across the country to disrupt and dismantle the organised gangs that run them. Chief inspector John Martin from Rochdale police said: "These arrests formed part of a nationwide crackdown on the cultivation of cannabis both in Greater Manchester and across the country. "In order to help us to target this sort of criminal activity we need the help of the local community. I would appeal to anyone who suspects that people are cultivating drugs in their local community to contact the police or Crimestoppers. "We can treat all information in the strictest of confidence and any piece of information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, could be the key to removing more drugs from the streets of Rochdale." Operation Keymer, which will run from 25 September until 5 October 2006, is supporting ongoing work which takes place across Greater Manchester to root out drugs factories, whilst improving police knowledge and understanding of the trade through activity-led intelligence gathering. http://www.middletonguardian.co.uk/
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