A man has admitted to a host of drug offences after more than 300 cannabis plants were seized from a unit in Foundry Lane
Shannon Brown Senior Reporter
18:41, 10 Mar 2026Updated 18:42, 10 Mar 2026
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Hundreds of cannabis plants have been seized during a drug raid in Bristol.
The warrants were carried out on Foundry Lane, Speedwell on March 5 and 6 following a vehicle search and the arrest of Ellis Kow in Kingswood last Thursday.
Searches were carried out at three units, with one containing a grow of more than 300 cannabis plants.
Several vacuum-packed bags of cannabis and growing equipment were seized from another unit.
Kow, aged 25 and of Courtney Way, Kingswood, was arrested at his home and a vehicle was then subsequently searched. A rifle, ammunition, cash and quantities of cocaine and heroin were seized from the car.
Kow has been charged with:
- Two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs (cocaine and heroin)
- Possession with intent to supply class B (cannabis), production of cannabis
- Possession of criminal property
- Possession of a firearm
- Possession of ammunition
He appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, March 7 and pleaded guilty to all offences.
Kow has been remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on April 7.