DAY 73: Man arrested during warrant in South Oxfordshire

A 25 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of producing a controlled drug, theft and using electricity without authority.

Last Wednesday (29/1), Thames Valley Police and PANIU (Plant and Agriculture National Intelligence Unit) officers attended a yard in the Dry Sandford area of Abingdon.

Upon gaining entry, a large breeze block building was discovered and found to contain a large cannabis factory with approximately 40 full grown suspected cannabis plants along with cultivation equipment.

At the rear of the yard, several large shipping containers containing numerous power tools, a quad bike, compressors, lathes and cutting equipment which are suspected to be stolen.

These items have been seized and ongoing enquiries are being made by the investigating officers.

A tractor which is also believed to have been stolen was also recovered from the site. The tractor is believed to have been stolen on the 8 October 2013 from Chesham in Buckinghamshire.

Also discovered were three Ifor Williams trailers believed to have been stolen from the Metropolitan area back in 1999 and an Atlas Copco Compressor believed to have been stolen from Sussex in 2012.

The man who is from Dry Sandford in Abingdon has been released on bail until the 11 March.

Man arrested and stolen property recovered during West Berkshire warrant

Yesterday morning (17/12) Thames Valley Police executed two warrants in Four Houses Corner.

Police officers from the West Berkshire and the South and Vale local policing areas recovered up to £15,000 worth of stolen property, some of which is believed to have been stolen from a property in Speen just hours before the warrant was executed.

The property recovered included two off-road motorcycles, tools and a jet ski which is believed to have been stolen from a burglary which occurred in Hampshire last week. 

A 27-year-old man from Yately, Hampshire was arrested on suspicion of burglary non-dwelling in connection with these offences and was released on bail until 14 January.