Investigation after cannabis and stolen vehicle found

Detectives are investigating after two cannabis grows and a stolen car were found in Lichfield.

We were called to a report of a burglary at an address on Walsall Road, Muckley Corner, at just before 6.45pm on Tuesday 31 December.

Officers went inside the property and found 46 cannabis plants. The address has since been secured and the plants have been seized.

Western Power were called to the scene to make the electrics safe.

Then, just after 9.30am on Thursday (2 January), we received a report from British Gas of a suspected cannabis grow at another property on the same road.

Officers found the remains of two grows inside and a stolen Peugeot car outside.

A 58-year-old man, from the Lichfield area, was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and theft of a motor vehicle.

He has been released under investigation while our enquiries continue.

Anyone with any information should contact us on 101, or via Live Chat on our website, quoting incident number 521 of 31 December.

To report anonymously, contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Local officers continue to target drug supply in our communities every day across Staffordshire, and are working with members of the public and utility companies to detect grows.

Read more here: https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/police-forces/staffordshire-police/areas/staffordshire-police/campaigns/2021/cannabis-farms/