A new operation has been launched to combat cannabis factories in Bedford.
Over the past week, the crackdown by Bedford’s community policing team has already identified and dismantled two cannabis factories in the town.
One location identified contained close to 600 plants.
Community officers will be looking to proactively close down cannabis factories operating in the town, as well as improving the intelligence picture of the problem.
Sergeant Madelyn Doggrell, from the Bedford community policing team, said: “These cannabis factories are a scourge on our communities.
“They can be the driver for things like gangs, violence, and anti-social behaviour, causing a real nuisance for people in the area.
“These factories also fund wider organised crime, which costs the UK at least £37 billion every year, and routinely exploits children and vulnerable adults.
“We will be going after these factories, seizing their products and closing them down, taking them off the streets and getting rid of this bane from Bedford.”
