{"id":165276,"date":"2025-06-07T15:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/165276\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:22:10","slug":"dangerous-west-midlands-cannabis-farm-has-been-shut-down-by-police-and-a-man-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/165276\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous West Midlands cannabis farm has been shut down by police and a man arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major cannabis farm in the West Midlands has been shut down after our officers seized more than 300 plants.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/sandwell\/rowley-regis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rowley Regis High Street<\/a> on Friday (June 6) to assist British Gas make a property safe.<\/p>\n<p>Working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmfs.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Fire Service <\/a>to gain entry, officers discovered a substantial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cannabis farm<\/a> with more than 300 plants spread across multiple floors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/9c7f3c72-96c1-4e6c-9dfb-2b21058dff8e.png\"   alt=\"Cannabis farm in Rowley Regis\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Cannabis farm in Rowley Regis<\/p>\n<p>A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity.<\/p>\n<p>He has been bailed as police continue their enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: \u201cCannabis farms are extremely dangerous as they require huge amounts of power for heating and lighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is often achieved through dangerously bypassing the mains supply, which can cause catastrophic fires threatening nearby properties.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/a81cb0a2-d765-4f40-8c38-81dc5315ebaf.jpg\"   alt=\"Cannabis farm in Rowley Regis\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Cannabis farm in Rowley Regis<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams across the West Midlands regularly carry out warrants at properties suspected of being involved in cannabis production.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you think there is something suspicious going on where you live, let us know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur enquiries are ongoing and anyone with more information can contact us via 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major cannabis farm in the West Midlands has been shut down after our officers seized more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,379,12,38544,12608,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-165276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-local-hubs","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-rowley-regis","16":"tag-sandwell","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114642769945808932","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}