Tilbury: Officers uncover property converted into cannabis farm

An arrest was made and a property converted into a cannabis grow operation was shut down after officers acted on intelligence.

Officers with our Thurrock Neighbourhood Policing Team and Operational Support Group executed a warrant at an address in Tilbury on Tuesday 24 February.

It was found electricity had been abstracted – with extensive haphazard wiring – presenting a significant fire risk.

Rooms in the property had been converted to house cannabis plants.

A total of 122 cannabis plants were recovered.

A man aged in his 30s, from London, was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity.

He remains on police bail while our investigation continues.

Temporary Sergeant Curtis Price, who led the warrant, said:

“Cannabis production on a large scale is not a harmless or victimless crime. It presents very real dangers to those who are exploited as part of the drugs trade and causes significant issues to neighbours and wider communities.
“We will act on intelligence we receive around drug activity in the Thurrock district.
“It’s really important people keep talking to us – the information you provide helps us build up a picture of where problems are arising.
“It is the abstraction of electricity, undertaken to power such grows, that presents a very real danger to residents living nearby.
“The bypassing of electricity meters and extensive faulty wiring regularly causes fires.”

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