According to Rotherham Labour MP Sarah Champion, areas of the town had even suffered blackouts as illegal cannabis farms overwhelmed the power network. Ms Champion said the impact of the drug ...

South Yorkshire Police raided a property in Effingham Street as part of Operation Grow which aims to tackle cannabis farms Cannabis ... £11m have been seized in Rotherham over the past 10 months.

Rotherham North NPT Inspector Lesley Fretwell said: “Both these warrants are part of Operation Grow which is the ongoing work to tackle cannabis grows in Rotherham. Cannabis cultivations are ...

Rotherham Central Neighbourhood Policing Team Inspector John Crapper said: “Large cannabis farms like this are often linked to serious organised crime across South Yorkshire. “The destruction ...

Thousands of cannabis plants worth more than £4m have been seized by police in a raid in Rotherham town centre. A total of 4,375 plants were found at commercial premises on Howard Street on ...

Across 2024, officers executed 70 warrants all over the borough - leading to 17,846 cannabis plants being seized from the streets of Rotherham. South Yorkshire Police estimated that each plant is ...

Residents in parts of a South Yorkshire town are living in fear of gang warfare as groups fight to produce cannabis at an "industrial scale", an MP has said. According to Rotherham Labour MP Sarah ...