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UK: Fourteen arrested in drug raids
BBC News
Wednesday 09 May 2007 Fourteen people have been arrested as part of a major operation targeting cannabis factories. Four hundred officers took part in early morning raids on 20 houses in London, Hampshire and Dorset. Those arrested were taken to police stations in Hampshire and forensic teams are searching the properties. Police said they are trying to smash an organised crime syndicate controlling cannabis factories in Hertfordshire Hampshire, London, Norfolk and Sussex. Police said the 14 people, who were arrested during raids in Southampton, Fareham and Portsmouth, all in Hampshire, and Bournemouth and Swanage, both in Dorset. Det Insp Dave Powell said: "These arrests are part of a lengthy investigation into an organised crime syndicate, producing cannabis on a massive scale. "The profits realised from this enterprise are vast." In Southampton alone about 15,000 cannabis plants and 250 kilos of herbal cannabis have been discovered and destroyed in the last 18 months, according to police.
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