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Inside the huge factory factory in Grove Lane, Lozells(Image: WMP)<\/p>\nMore than 9,000 plants have been found inside a Lozells property that was a ‘central distribution hub’ for the region, as five men were arrested<\/p>\n
12:51, 30 Nov 2025Updated 12:54, 30 Nov 2025<\/p>\n
Inside the huge factory factory in Grove Lane, Lozells(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n
More than 9,000 cannabis plants have been discovered in Birmingham – believed to be ‘one of the biggest drug farms ever discovered’.<\/p>\n
The plants were discovered at a property in Grove Lane, Lozells<\/a>, on November 19, with the horde having an estimated street value of \u00a39.5 million, according to West Midlands Police<\/a> (WMP).<\/p>\n Five men – aged between 37 and 21 – were arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and have been bailed pending further enquiries.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Ben Whittaker burgled during Matchroom debut – all we know so far<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s believed the drugs factory was a central supply hub to other cannabis farms in the area, with the raid denting a big blow to the illegal drugs trade.<\/p>\n A total of 9,488 plants, at various stages of growth, were found including hundreds of baby plants for distribution.<\/p>\n The suspects were also arrested on suspicion of burglary and possession of a Class B drug before being released.<\/p>\n Photographs issued by West Midlands Police showed a huge hydroponic set-up inside the address.<\/p>\n Sergeant Harj Cheema, from the Cannabis Disposal Team at WMP<\/a>, said the find resulted in a ‘major supply network being disrupted’.<\/p>\n A WMP<\/a> spokesperson said: “We seized more than 9,000 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of \u00a39.5 million from a property in Lozells<\/a>.<\/p>\n “We made five arrests after discovering the huge haul, which is believed to be one of the biggest cannabis plant seizures ever within our force.<\/p>\n “In total 9,488 plants, at various stages of growth, were seized from a property on Grove Lane on 19 November.<\/p>\n “It was clearly a central supply factory to other cannabis farms due to the large amount of propagators, which contained hundreds and hundreds of baby plants for distribution.<\/p>\n “Five men, one aged 37, one aged 36, two aged 32 and a 21-year-old, were arrested and taken into custody on suspicion of offences including cultivating cannabis, burglary and possessing a Class B drug.<\/p>\n “They have since been bailed as our investigations continue.”<\/p>\n Sgt Cheema added: “This was an absolutely fantastic outcome for our team.<\/p>\n “A major supply network has been disrupted which would have supplied cannabis across the West Midlands area.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 9,000 plants have been found inside a Lozells property that was a ‘central distribution hub’ for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-603477","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-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115639070885605943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603477","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=603477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Inside](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_grovelane02wm.jpg\")
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Inside the huge factory factory in Grove Lane, Lozells(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n