Police discovered an industrial-scale cannabis farm at an address on Rock Street in Oldham’s Town Centre on Wednesday morning
600 plants were found inside with officers believing the grow to be worth an estimated street value of £500k.
After further inspection of the address, two quails were also found. The two birds were seized by police and handed over to the RSPCA to be re-homed.
No arrests have been made and enquires are ongoing at this stage.
Detective Inspector Nick Helme from Oldham districts Challenger team said: “This find was off the back of some intelligence we received from the public, we acted quickly and thankfully the team managed to get into the address and recovered a substantial amount of the Class B drug.
“Cannabis farms can be a substantial fire hazard with the amount of electricity that is being extracted to grow the plants.
“While we have nobody in custody for this crime, we are working hard to identify those responsible and once we manage to do that, they will be held accountable.”
