More than 200 cannabis plants - estimated to have a potential street value in excess of £85,000 - were found during a police raid in Lowestoft
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
9:54 AM
A MAN has been charged with production of cannabis after more than 200 plants - estimated to have a potential street value “in excess of £85,000” - were uncovered in Lowestoft.
“Phuong Duong, 40, of no fixed abode, is due to appear at Ipswich Magistrates Court this morning (Wednesday) charged with production of cannabis,” a police spokesman said.
More than 200 plants, estimated to have a potential street value in excess of £85,000 - according to police - were discovered by officers from the Territorial Support Team, based in the town, during the raid on premises in Long Road yesterday.
“Officers carried out a warrant at an address in Long Road about 10am on Tuesday morning,” a police spokesman said.
“Cannabis was being grown in three rooms and a 40-year-old man was subsequently arrested.”
He was subsequently charged and is due to appear at Ipswich Magistrates Court today.