Drugs squad officers seize cannabis and cash during raids in Northampton and Wollaston

Drugs squad officers seized cannabis, cash and a knife during three raids on addresses in Northampton and Wollaston on Monday (June 29).

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman revealed officers armed with warrants swooped simultaneously on two properties in Albany Road, Abington, and St Albans Road, Kingsley, plus a third in Howard Road, Wollaston.

They uncovered sealed bags of cannabis and wads of £10 and £20 notes in a hidden stash.

A 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis.

The raids were the latest in a police crackdown on cannabis farms in Northamptonshire which netted around £750,000 of plants from 10 properties in the county during a 14-day period.

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