Man, 31, arrested after cannabis farm found during police raids

Officers from the Havant High Harm Reduction Team, along with officers from the Waterlooville South and Battins & West Leigh NPT teams, carried out searches of addresses in Blackbird Close on Wednesday morning.

They found a cannabis cultivation at one of the homes and seized about 40 plants.

A 31-year-old man from Waterlooville was arrested on suspicion of producing a class B drug.

He remains in custody at this time and the police investigation is ongoing.

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