Over £1.6 million worth of cannabis plants have been seized after police executed a series of warrants. West Yorkshire Police arrested a total of five people for offences linked to the drugs trade as part of the week-long operation targeting Organised Crime Groups operating cannabis farms across the county.

Cannabis plants with an estimated value of £750,000 have been seized by police during a three-week operation. The West Mercia force, which said 1,365 plants were recovered during Operation Mille, stated that between February and March it shut down seven cannabis growing enterprises in Worcestershire and Shropshire.

Police in Cumbria have seized nearly 700 cannabis plants worth £550,000 in a massive drugs crackdown. Raids were carried out over three days, targeting industrial-scale cannabis farms run by organised crime gangs.