Man arrested as police raid cannabis farm in Sheffield and seize 175 plants

This was the scene on a major road in Sheffield this morning as police swooped on a cannabis farm.
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One man was arrested for drugs offences and 175 plants were seized from a property on Abbeydale Road during the early hours of Friday, July 17, in what police said was a ‘pre-planned cannabis warrant’.

Numerous police vans could be seen outside the property.

Police raid a cannabis farm on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield (pic: Fuad Abdi)Police raid a cannabis farm on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield (pic: Fuad Abdi)
Police raid a cannabis farm on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield (pic: Fuad Abdi)

The raid came days after police carried out a series of raids targeting drug gangs in the city.