Man found hiding in tunnel under Wakefield warehouse during police cannabis raid

By Leanne Clarke
Published 23rd Jan 2023, 11:01 BST
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A man was found hiding in a tunnel underneath a warehouse by police raiding the property.

Officers executed a search warrant on Tuesday at a warehouse on Birch Street in the Belle Vue area.

Entry was forced to the property, which is believed to have stood empty for many months, where officers discovered a large and sophisticated cannabis production site.

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Two levels of the building had been converted to produce an estimated 50kg of cannabis during every production cycle.

Officers executed a search warrant on Tuesday at a warehouse on Birch Street in the Belle Vue area.Officers executed a search warrant on Tuesday at a warehouse on Birch Street in the Belle Vue area.
Officers executed a search warrant on Tuesday at a warehouse on Birch Street in the Belle Vue area.

During a search of the premises an man was apprehended in a tunnel beneath the building.

An officer also suffered a significant head injury during the pursuit.

The man was charged and remanded in custody for offences of Production of Cannabis and Dishonestly Abstracting Electricity.