Police in South Yorkshire seized an estimated £750,000-worth of cannabis in raids on a Sheffield suburb.

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Officers searched two properties on Penistone Road and Owlerton Green in Hillsborough last week and discovered hundreds of plants at each address as well as bagged up drugs and cash.

At the four-floor Penistone Road house officers found plants growing on each level.

Sgt Simon Kirkham said: “This was a live grow, with some of the plants just hours away from being cropped, dried and packaged up for the streets.

“We seized around 300 mature plants, worth around £300,000 plus around £200 of bagged drugs.“

At the second address on Owlerton Green, officers discovered a sack of prepared cannabis in the cellar, worth around £50,000.

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Police also seized a further 400 plants, with forensic examinations also taking place throughout the property.

PC Max Jackson added: “A lot of the properties we’ve raided recently are extremely dangerous, not only due to the unsafe wiring, but makeshift renovation work creating hazardous living conditions.

“Ladders are used instead of staircases; holes are cut in floors and nails are hammered into stair-rails – with the intention of keeping people like police officers out.

“Both of these properties create fire risks to surrounding properties and they attract other forms of criminality, disrupting the peace for those around them."

A man has been arrested after police stopped a driver travelling at 120mph on the M62.

Humberside Police officers pulled over the speeding car on the eastbound motorway at 18:00 BST on Thursday.

A police spokesperson said that when the vehicle was searched, officers found class A drugs and a "prohibited weapon designed to discharge a noxious substance".

The driver was arrested on suspicion of intent to supply and possessing or distributing a prohibited weapon.

He has since been released under investigation while investigations continue, the spokesperson added.

Hull KR back-rower Dean Hadley is set to miss the rest of the season after dislocating his shoulder in Sunday's 34-28 win at Leigh Centurions.

The death of a woman outside Leeds railway station is being investigated by police.

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Detectives from British Transport Police (BTP) were called to Wellington Street, outside the station, at around 01:50 BST on Sunday following reports of a casualty.

The woman was taken to hospital where she later died.

Det Insp Gary Pinner said a "full and thorough" investigation into the incident was under way.

He added: " We're appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or was in the area around the time before the incident occurred, as well as anyone who has any footage caught on a mobile phone or CCTV camera."