Two cannabis grows discovered on same Staffordshire street days apart - detectives launch investigation
Detectives are investigating after two cannabis grows were discovered on a Lichfield road within the same week.
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Police were first called to Walsall Road in the Muckley Corner area to a report of a burglary at an address just before 6.45pm on December 31.
Officers found 46 cannabis plants inside the property which was later secured, a Staffordshire Police spokesperson said.
The plants were also seized and the electrics made safe.
In a second incident, police received a report from British Gas just after 9.30am on January 2 of a suspected cannabis grow at another property on the same road.
Officers discovered the "remains" of two cannabis grows and a suspected stolen Peugeot outside, the force spokesperson added.
A 58-year-old man, from the Lichfield area, was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and theft of a motor vehicle.
He has been released under investigation while police enquiries continue.
Anyone with information about the incidents should contact Staffordshire Police by calling 101 or via Live Chat on the force's website quoting incident 521 of December 31.
Alternatively, people can speak anonymously by phone Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
