FOUR people have been arrested, including a man from Coventry, after a raid on a large-scale cannabis farm operating out of a warehouse unit on Bayton Road in Exhall yesterday afternoon (August 31).
Just over 1,500 plants were being grown at the unit, with an estimated street value of £890,000.
In addition, an estimated £346,000 worth of cropped product was found, bringing the total value of cannabis at the unit to just over £1.2 million.
Several weapons were also found around the unit.
Following the raid, a 31-year-old man, a 22-year-old man, and a 27-year-old man of no fixed abode and a 25-year-old man from Coventry were arrested on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis.
Sgt Ryan Price of Nuneaton and Bedworth SNT said: “This is clearly a sophisticated setup from a wider organised crime gang, whose operations we will continue to disrupt and take positive actions against.
“Targeting factories like this hits the gangs where it hurts them the most – their pockets.
“This has been an excellent result for us, and we would like to thank the members of the community who provided the vital intel used in finding this location.”
