A MAN has been arrested after hundreds of cannabis plants were seized at a commercial premises in Yeovil.
A 38-year-old was taken into custody after Avon and Somerset Police, in a joint operation co-ordinated with Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit for southern Wales, raided an address in Middle Street at just before 8.30am on Monday (November 4).
A police spokesperson said more than 200 cannabis plants were found in a disused commercial unit.
An electrician was called to the address to make the premises safe, and the plants seized.
A man was arrested on suspicion of cultivation of a class B drug. He remains in custody.
Sergeant Joshua Rutter, of the Yeovil Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “We’ve worked closely with counterparts in South Wales to use information we’ve managed to establish to carry out a warrant today, which has led to an arrest being made.
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“Drug cultivation and supply causes a huge amount of misery to communities and we will always seek to identify perpetrators and look to take proactive action to bring their criminality to an end.
“We are always hugely grateful to members of the public who provide information relating to suspected illegal drug activity.”
Anyone who suspects someone is using, dealing or producing drugs, should report it on 101 or online via www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/report/drug-dealing-and-use.
