Bin bags full of cannabis plants found after routine police stop-and-search in Sheffield

Officers went on to dismantle a drug farm

A video captured black bin bags full of cannabis plants tumbling out of a van after a routine police stop-and-search in Sheffield.

South Yorkshire Police stopped a van filled with 75 cannabis plants in black bin bags in Fulwood.placeholder image
South Yorkshire Police stopped a van filled with 75 cannabis plants in black bin bags in Fulwood. | SYP

Officers on patrol in Sheffield spotted two vehicles travelling in convoy in the Fulwood area.

South Yorkshire Police say a short time later, officers located one of the vehicles, a white van, on Brooklands Crescent.

They opened the sliding door to find the van stuffed to the roof with black bin bags filled with a total of 75 cannabis plants.

Follow-up enquiries at an address in Gleadless, which was linked to the vehicle, led officers to a cannabis farm containing around 40 plants.

A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of production of cannabis. He has been bailed pending further enquiries.

Watch the clip of the officers opening the van above.

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