Police in Doncaster bust cannabis factory 'in desperate need of TLC'

Officers from Doncaster East Neighbourhood Policing Team targeted the house in Dunscroft yesterday, finding a number of worse for wear cannabis plants at the property – the latest in a number of drugs busts across the city in recent weeks.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “Officers were called to an address in Dunscroft after a repossession order was placed on a property and a cannabis set up was found.

"This appears to be a good example of what happens when you don’t water your plants in the middle of a heat wave!

"Most of the plants were feeling sorry for themselves and in desperate need of TLC.

"Officers have now dismantled this set up and removed what small amounts of cannabis the suspects had managed to grow.

"Once again the electricity had been dangerously bypassed putting the property at a significant risk of fire.

"Items from the set up have been recovered and will be sent for forensic testing to identify those involved.”

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