Bedford Community Policing Team has released a ‘dramatic’ video of a raid on a Putnoe cannabis factory.
The raid, carried out yesterday morning (Thursday), in the pouring rain, uncovered four rooms of plants on Quantock Close.
In the video posted on their Facebook page, Police Seargent (PS) Phil Boyd said the Section 23 misuse of drugs act warrant, was made possible thanks to “information provided by local people”.
The video, accompanied by a rocky soundtrack, starts with police cars driving along the A421 in the pouring rain, viewers then see the property’s front door being smashed in.
Scenes of the cannabis plants and multiple electricity points powering the hydroponics needed to grow the plants are then shown before PS Boyd films himself telling people the details of the raid.
He explains that there is now an ongoing investigation and they are seeking a closure order that will last for three months.
This will make it a criminal offence for anyone to enter the property to reduce anti-social behaviour linked to these crimes.
“Thank you, again, for all for all the information provided by local people that led to this warrant being executed,” he adds, “thank you to the public for giving us that information”.
Closing the video, PS Boyd said: “It’s raining, awful, it’s a horrible day but it’s been a good day in terms of policing our community and hopefully continuing to keep you safe”.
No arrests have been made at the time of publication.
