7 h. ago Police find cannabis farm and then make further discovery in attic

More than 230 plants were found at a property in Cathays during a police raid

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8 h. ago Pair who created cannabis factory inside old fancy dress shop jailed

Police discovered 300 cannabis plants worth £160,000 over three floors of the former U Need Us store in Portsmouth

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3 d. ago Police discover £24 MILLION cannabis farm in one of biggest drugs busts

Greater Manchester Police officers raided a property where they discovered the cannabis farm

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3 d. ago Police uncover gigantic £24 MILLION cannabis farm in one of UK's biggest ever drugs busts

Officers from Greater Manchester Police raided a property in Bolton

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5 d. ago Cannabis dealing couple were raided by police in front of one

Jordan Johnson, 35 and Karys Dando, 35, were found in possession of 50g of cannabis, as well as a large machete, a baseball bat and a golf club

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1 week ago Cannabis grower's 'hobby' lands him in trouble after police found dozens of plants in loft

Gary McLean, 53, claimed his pastime had "got out of control" as he supplied family and friends.

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1 week ago Scots cops smash major crime gangs as £80m of drugs seized from streets in 2025

Police Scotland raided dozens of cannabis farms and took one of the country’s biggest cocaine hauls during a year-long crackdown.

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3 w. ago Dealers made £122k dealing cocaine and cannabis but must pay back £40,000

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

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4 w. ago Teaching assistant drove under influence of cocaine less than 2 hours after work

Jessica Picton tested positive for alcohol, cocaine and cannabis after being pulled over by police, less than two hours after leaving work at a school in Swansea

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4 w. ago Teenage drug dealer caught after being stopped for wearing balaclava in summer

Marcus Creedy, 18, was found in possession of cocaine and cannabis when he was stopped by police officers carrying out a suspected drug deal

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4 w. ago Teaching assistant caught drink and drug driving just hours after leaving work

Jessica Picton, who worked at Clase Primary in Swansea, tested positive for cocaine, cannabis and alcohol when stopped by police

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4 w. ago Trump’s cannabis reform would revolutionise US policy. Just don’t expect the ‘war on drugs’ to end | Kojo Koram

Rescheduling marijuana might seem an unlikely move for a Republican president – but it perfectly coheres with his ‘America First’ worldviewFor decades, the issue of cannabis reform was firmly viewed as a leftist pipe dream. To most conservatives, particularly US Republicans, legalising weed was as realistic as nuclear disarmament, or abolishing national borders.Think of the phrase “war on drugs” and the first people that probably come to mind are Republican presidents Nixon, Reagan and George HW and George W Bush. Although the clampdown reached its harshest levels during the presidency of Mr “I didn’t inhale” Bill Clinton, it always seemed as if the GOP owned the position of being “tough on drugs”. As recently as 2023, Mitch McConnell, then Senate Republican leader, reaffirmed this reputation by stating that: “Democrats are struggling with the basics. This should not be this hard. Drugs belong off our streets.”Dr Kojo Koram is professor of law and political economy at Loughborough U...

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