2 h. ago SNP politician, 71, charged after police discover £1/2million cannabis farm at idyllic rural home

An elderly SNP politician has been arrested and charged with drug offences after police discovered a massive cannabis farm worth half-a-million pounds at a country property.

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36 h. ago Erskine man's car reeking of cannabis resulted in police home search

David Currie admitted to being in possession of the drug with intent to supply to others.

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8 d. ago Cannabis plants worth £7m seized by police in raid at former college campus

A search of the property in Kirkcaldy, Fife, took place on Wednesday afternoon.

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8 d. ago Fife cannabis factory: £7million drugs haul as police raid former college building in Kirkcaldy

A cannabis raid on an empty building in Kirkcaldy has revealed a cultivation with a street value of around £7million.

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8 d. ago Dad smoked five cannabis joints on night he 'shook baby daughter to death'

Thomas Holford, who is accused of murdering his daughter Everleigh Stroud, lied to police about his drug use despite officers finding a cannabis grinder and joint butts next to a milk bottle

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9 d. ago Father accused of murdering his baby daughter lied to police about cannabis use

Thomas Holford, 24, has denied murdering Everleigh Stroud, who died aged one after ‘excessive and severe’ shaking when she was just five weeks old.

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1 week ago Police who stopped Newmains van driver found he was carrying cannabis worth £5,000

William Park admitted possessing the Class B drug with intent to supply it.

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2 w. ago Police find £90,000 drugs haul after spotting suspicious behaviour outside flat

A total of 29kg of cannabis and 197 grip seal bags of cocaine were discovered when police searched a flat

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2 w. ago £1.3m cannabis haul recovered after police raid building in Greenock

Five men aged between 17 and 50 have since appeared in court in connection.

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2 w. ago Absolute idiot caught dealing cannabis two times after police raided his home

Liam Donnelly, 47, was found in possession of more than £10,000 worth of cannabis, as well as messages related to cannabis supply on his phone.

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2 w. ago Cocaine and cannabis worth more than £6k seized after police raid in Annan

Two people have been arrested and charged after the drugs were recovered in Annan.

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3 w. ago Police find huge cannabis far and then uncover alleged kidnapping plot

11 men, three from England and eight from Wales, have been arrested

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3 w. ago Appleby Horse Fair police catch drivers high on cocaine and cannabis as they arrest 49 and RSPCA probe animal cruelty cases at Europe's biggest gypsy gathering

Police have revealed there were 49 arrests in the days leading up to the fair opening and drug driving had been 'a theme'.

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3 w. ago Five arrested after police swarm industrial building over 'possible cannabis cultivation'

The men were aged between 17 and 50 years old.

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3 w. ago School deputy safeguard did not expect girl, 15, to be strip searched by police

The schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis in December 2020.

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3 w. ago 'Missing' Brit, 21, arrested at airport over 'drug smuggling' as police spot 'red flag'

Cameron Bradford, 21 and from Hertfordshire, has been detained in Munich on suspicion of smuggling cannabis after police spotted a 'red flag' relating to her plans

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3 w. ago Black schoolgirl, 15, was 'physically violated' by Met Police officers who strip

The 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, had arrived at the school in Hackney, East London , for a mock exam when she was taken to the medical room to be strip-searched.

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3 w. ago Black schoolgirl, 15, ‘demeaned and physically violated’ by police strip search

The schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis in December 2020.

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3 w. ago Man who made more than £13k selling drugs must pay back just over £3k

Lee Dickenson, 22, was found in possession of cannabis and cocaine when he was stopped by police officers in Barry

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4 w. ago Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards – but the British government remains cautiousThe last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use – freeing them, according to the scheme’s proponents, to concentrate on more serious crimes.The softly-softly approach was controversial in some political and policing quarters, but wildly popular in the borough – and some of its results were dramatic. Over six months, more than 2,500 hours of police officers’ time were saved on processing cannabis arrests, while arrests for dealing class A drugs rose by almost a fifth. Continue reading...

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