'Large quantity' of cannabis plants recovered after police discover growing sites in three Harrogate properties

An eighth person was arrested in Harrogate yesterday, Monday.

At around 8.30pm on Saturday, September 26 , police were called by a number of people to a disturbance in Alexandra Road.

On arrival officers found evidence of cannabis cultivation at a residential property.

Enquiries led to further searches of two other properties in Harrogate, one in Somerset Road and one in Woodlands Road, where officers discovered two more cannabis grows in various stages of growth.

A large quantity of suspected cannabis plants and items associated with cannabis production were recovered.

The 72-year-old woman appeared at York Magistrates’ Court yesterday, September 28, where she was released on bail and the case was sent to Crown Court.

Six other suspects, found to be travelling south in two vehicles, were intercepted by Herfordshire Police and arrested. They were charged and remanded in custody.

An eighth person, a man in his 20s from Harrogate, was arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation and has since been released on bail while enquiries continue.