Kent Police have dismantled a cannabis production site at a rural premises in Rolvenden, near Tenterden after visiting an address in Hastings Road on Tuesday 6 February 2024 following concerns about potential criminal activity at the site.

The cultivation of around 180 cannabis plants, together with cabling suggests that the electrical supply at the property had been tampered with. The scene was secured while experts made safe the electrical supply and the cultivation was dismantled and the cannabis plants removed.

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The cannabis cultivation, which officers have dismantled

Officers searching the area also recovered a trailer containing various power tools, all of which are believed to have been stolen.

Two men, aged 49 and 50, have been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and handling stolen goods. Both have been bailed pending further enquiries.

By Ed

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