Avon and Somerset Police<\/a> on Tuesday, September 9.<\/p>\nThe property was secured and locks were changed ahead of National Grid attending the property the next day to turn off the power supply.<\/p>\n
The flat, which is located above a closed restaurant, was supposed to be vacant and empty.<\/p>\n
However when officers entered the flat, an estimated 1,200 cannabis plants were found.<\/p>\n
The plants were being grown in four rooms. Growing equipment was also found.<\/p>\n
The plants were seized by officers and the police issued a warning that “cannabis factories” could be linked to modern slavery and human trafficking.<\/p>\n
Police have also appealed for information about drug-related offences and those who have information are asked to contact the force online.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: “Police were contacted on Tuesday, September 9, when suspected cannabis plants were found being grown in what should have been a vacant flat in St Michael’s Hill, Kingsdown, Bristol.<\/p>\n
“No one was in the property, and the locks were changed, securing the premises, for police attendance the next day.<\/p>\n
“On Wednesday, September 10, engineers made the electrics safe.<\/p>\n
“Officers seized an estimated 1,200 cannabis plants, which were being grown in four rooms of the flat, along with growing equipment.<\/p>\n
“So-called “cannabis factories” have caused fires due to unsafe electrics.<\/p>\n
“In many cases, someone is living in unacceptable conditions while tending the plants, which can sometimes be linked to modern slavery and human trafficking.<\/p>\n
“We’re always grateful for information about crime and you can tell us about drug-related offences online https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/report\/drug-dealing-and-use\/<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cannabis factory was found above a closed restaurantCannabis plants found in a flat in Bristol.(Image: Avon and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,188,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-417592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115189548875766879","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417592","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=417592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Cannabis plants found in a flat in Bristol.(Image: Avon and Somerset Police)<\/p>\n