Cannabis plants found following tip off (From Sutton Guardian)

Cannabis plants found in Stafford Road, Wallington following tip off

1:30pm Friday 25th January 2013 in News By James Pepper

Police arrested a man and seized a haul of cannabis when they raided a maisonette.

Twenty-four cannabis plants were found in the loft and a bag of cannabis from a bedroom above a shop in Stafford Road, Wallington, on Wednesday 23 January.

A 37-year-old man was arrested and has been bailed following a tip off from a resident.

PC Dave Francis, of Beddington South Safer Neighbourhoods Team, said: "This is a good result. We had cleared the factory within hours of finding it." 

The operation is the latest in a series of raids in the borough as part of a new Met-wide offensive against drug-related crime called Operation Hawk which involves officers undertaking plain clothes patrols.

If you have any information that you believe could help police, contact Sutton Police station on the non-emergency number 101.