Raids on Kettering cannabis factories find £250,000 drugs haul

Two weekend drugs busts proved successful for the Kettering police team
By Sam Wildman
Published 1st Mar 2021, 10:23 BST
Updated 1st Mar 2021, 10:38 BST
Inside one of the cannabis factories. Credit: Kettering Police TeamInside one of the cannabis factories. Credit: Kettering Police Team
Inside one of the cannabis factories. Credit: Kettering Police Team

Cannabis plants worth about a quarter of a million pounds were discovered in two separate Kettering raids at the weekend.

Police found about 320 plants in total, worth the huge six-figure sum, after forcing their way into the grow houses.

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The first raid took place in Union Street at about 10am on Saturday (February 27), with the second in Duke Street at about 8am yesterday (Sunday).

Inside one of the cannabis factories. Credit: Kettering Police TeamInside one of the cannabis factories. Credit: Kettering Police Team
Inside one of the cannabis factories. Credit: Kettering Police Team

Officers arrested a man who tried to flee from the Duke Street cannabis factory, with the police helicopter hovering above.

Kadri Bashaliu, of no fixed abode, has since been charged with producing 255 plants of cannabis in connection with the Duke Street incident.

The 25-year-old was held in custody overnight and is due to appear before magistrates in Northampton this morning (Monday).