{"id":13630,"date":"2016-10-25T18:06:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=13630"},"modified":"2016-10-25T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:06:45","slug":"police-shut-cannabis-factory-grangetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/10\/25\/police-shut-cannabis-factory-grangetown\/","title":{"rendered":"Police shut down cannabis factory in Grangetown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_13810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13810\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13810 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Cannabis Factory found in Grangetown.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13810 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Cannabis Factory found in Grangetown.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Cannabis-Factory-Grangetown_-27-10-16_SF-CROP.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Cannabis Factory found in Grangetown.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GRANGETOWN\u2019s battle with drugs continued as a Clive Street cannabis factory was shut down by South Wales Police.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 60 plants with a potential street value of \u00a351,000 were taken and destroyed in a 1pm raid last Thursday.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police spokesman Andrew George said: \u201cThe police were tipped off by another government authority, possibly the revenue service, who had previously visited the property.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An investigation is now under way. The house was empty when police entered and there were no arrests. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There have been 44 drug crimes in Grangetown since January, according to South Wales Police statistics.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two more cannabis factories were found in Cardiff at the weekend but police do not think the incidents are connected. They raided a property in Cathays on Friday without making any arrests, but three people are in custody after a raid on a house in Canton on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone who has any information should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or the non-emergency police number 101. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRANGETOWN\u2019s battle with drugs continued as a Clive Street cannabis factory was shut down by South Wales Police. 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