Dewsbury cannabis farm worth over £1m found after tip-off
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A cannabis farm worth more than £1m has been discovered by police during a raid in West Yorkshire.
The operation at a disused commercial building in Wharf Mill, Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury, on Thursday followed a tip-off, police said.
At least 1,500 plants were found, but police said they were still hunting for those behind the farm.
Sgt Stuart Clark said the raid took a "substantial amount of potential profit" from organised criminals.
The premises had been "converted for large-scale cannabis production", according to a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson.
Sgt Clarke said: "This has clearly been a very large scale seizure of cannabis and has come about as a result of community intelligence which has been developed by our officers."
Meanwhile, officers also found 100 cannabis plants and stolen car parts during a raid at another site in Wharf Mill last week, according to West Yorkshire Police.
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