Two arrested after drugs and guns found in police raids

Officers carry out searches at five addresses in Oxney Road

Dozens of cannabis plants were seized from drug farms as police carried out a series of raids in Oxney Road in Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire police carried out five raids at addresses in Oxney Road in the city on Monday, January 28.

The officers gained entry to a number of premises after receiving intelligence about illegal activity taking place in the area.

Wearing protective helmets, the officers used bolt cutters to get through locks on doors to some premises on the road.

During the raids, officers discovered more than 100 cannabis plants in various locations.

Some of the plants were even found inside a lorry, with othersdiscoveredinanumber of buildings.

Images released by police showed plants of various sizes and ages in warehouse type rooms.

The rooms had been converted to be able to grow the plants, with high powered lights, ventilation systems and fans all installed. Along with the plants themselves, the rooms were filled with ca- bles and wires used to power the kit to enable the drugs to be grown.

The 103 cannabis plants have now been seized and confiscated.

Police also said they found two ‘firearms’ during the raids, and they have now been seized. However, the police did not release a description of the weapons they had discovered.

Two people were arrested – a 27-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman – by the officers.

They were taken to Thorpe Wood Police Station for questioning.

Both the man and the woman were arrested on suspicion of producing class B drugs.

They have now been released on police bail while further investigations are carried out.

They are due to answer bail at Thorpe Wood Police Station on Thursday, December 12.

Anyone with information about the production of cannabis in Cambridgeshire, or who has information about alleged offences surrounding the raids at Oxney Road, is asked to contact Cambridgeshire police on 101, visit www. cambs.police.uk/report

Or contact independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111 or visit www.crimestoppersuk.org.

Police gain entry to a building during an operation that uncovered a cannabis farm