Pylon fire in Oldfield Lane, Wisbech led police to major drug discovery

A fire that started as a result of an electricity pylon and left a town shrouded in smoke has led police to find more than £600,000 worth of drugs.

The fire in Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, on Thursday, filled the town centre with smoke after the pylon burst into flames.

Posting on their Facebook page Fenland police have given an update and said: “After Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue dealt with the initial blaze which was thought to have started because of an electrical fire, it looked like someone may have been abstracting electricity.

“Our neighbourhood officers did some digging and discovered a cannabis factory within the scrap yard, seizing 306 plants worth up to about £257,000 which were growing inside lorry trailers.

“Later the same afternoon we received information about a potential cannabis factory in Mount Pleasant Road, so we made our way over to check it out.

“The suspicions were right and across three floors within a warehouse we found another grow, but this time worth up about £430,000.

“In the space of 24 hours, we have removed more than £685,000 worth of cannabis from Wisbech and seriously disrupted someone’s ‘businesses’.

“No arrests, yet… but investigations are very much ongoing.”

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