A flat off Mersea Road, Colchester containing up to 100 cannabis plants has been raided by police.
Officers from the North Disruptor team attended a flat off of Mersea Road just after 7am this morning, Wednesday, August 11
PC Jones, who led today's warrant, said: "Drugs cause harm to the people in your communities and, often, we know that these types of grows are used to exploit vulnerable people and get them working for gangs.
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"I'd like to thank the members of the community who provided us with information about this particular site - we couldn't conduct these sorts of warrants as regularly without your support.
"If you suspect drug dealing is happening within your neighbourhood, please report it to us so we can act."
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