Police discover cannabis farm worth over £350k in former buffet

Bodycam footage shows the moment police discovered a 1,600-plant cannabis farm worth over £350k on the site of a former restaurant.

Transcript

00:00Pre-flowering stage. Say again, 800, 800 plants on the first floor. First floor,

00:29count of 7, 8, 0, 780 plants. More plants. And the evidence of prior crops. Fire exit,

00:49buttressed, empty. Coffee, pasta, mayonnaise, tomato passata, pasta, tin fish, beans, varying

00:59varieties, garlic and onions. Into what used to be the male toilets. And it's now just being

01:07used as a pumping ground for flushed soil, exhausted soil. There is a substantial ramp

01:13here. We've got the fire service here. They're going to put a ladder up maybe. They put it up

01:18the side of the building. You can climb down the ladder. No, don't do that, pal. No, don't do that.

01:25November Charlie 5-0. This chap's trying to scale down the side of the building. Wait, just wait,

01:30just wait, mate. Stay there. There was some good swinging, weren't there? Come on then. Don't

01:44forget your slider. No, no, come on down. Just grab my hand. Grab my hand. Grab my hand. Good

01:50man. Right. Here we go, mate. Right. You are under arrest at the moment, okay?