Number of cannabis farms found in Belfast is on the rise

East Belfast is home to the highest number of those discovered in the city in the past year

The number of cannabis farms found in Belfast is rising – with 50 discovered in the past year.

Police found 50 cannabis farms in 2014/15, up from 37, which was the highest number found in a year since 2011/12, when 24 were found, according to figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.

The number of cannabis farms found in East Belfast jumped from six in 2013/14 to 20 in 2014/15, the highest number found in any part of the city, while finds in North Belfast rose from 16 to 19.

 

The lowest number of cannabis farms found was in West Belfast, where there were five in 2013/14, down from seven the year before.

Commercial cultivation of cannabis or a cannabis farm is defined as 25 or more plants, at any...

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