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21 May 2013

£2,000 cash and 20 plants seized from cannabis factory in Caerphilly

Published in News on Tuesday May 25th, 2010. Last updated at 07:52

Twenty cannabis plants and £2,000 cash were seized from a property in Caerphilly as part of a day of action by the authorities.

Police officers joined forces with Caerphilly County Borough Council’s trading standards and the DVLA for the recent crackdown.

The full details, from Gwent Police, of the one-day operation are as follows:

  • Six people were arrested (one wanted on warrant, two people for drugs-related offences, one person for burglary, one person for burglary and theft, and one person on recall to prison and theft)
  • 20 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for a variety of offences including not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone while driving
  • 13 vehicles were seized for not having insurance
  • 12 vehicles were weighed and action was taken against seven vehicles for being overweight (one was prohibited and will be reported for summons; one was given a Direction to Drive and a Fixed Penalty Notice of £200; three were given Fixed Penalty Notices of £60, and two were given verbal warnings)
  • 92 motorists prosecuted for speeding
  • Approximately 20 cannabis plants in various stages of growth and £2,000 cash was seized from a property in the Caerphilly area during a warrant
  • The DVLA clamped three vehicles and issued five warnings

    • Superintendent Jon Burley, of Caerphilly’s local policing unit, said: “This latest targeted one-day operation demonstrates the proactive work that we are continuing to undertake to make our communities even safer.

    “We had a number of good results during the day, as well collecting useful intelligence, which will help to inform future policing activity. The local communities have been great in assisting officers and providing information, and I would like to ask them to continue to do so, so that we can take positive action against the minority of people who take part in criminal activity in the Caerphilly County Borough.”

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