Suspect found hiding in wall cavity as police bust Sheffield drugs farm

Police found a suspect hiding in a wall cavity as they busted a cannabis farm in Sheffield.

Officers forced their way into the property on Spring View Road in Crookes this week.

Sergeant Adam Wood, from the Broomhall Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Two suspects were later arrested after failing Police hide and seek, with one one suspect found hiding within a wall cavity to evade capture.”

Police on Spring View Road in Crookes, Sheffield, where they uncovered a cannabis farmplaceholder image
Police on Spring View Road in Crookes, Sheffield, where they uncovered a cannabis farm

He said today that both suspects had been charged and remanded to court, while enquiries continue.

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