Cannabis

3 days ago

Jake Freestone pictured standing in front of a field of hemp. He has a bald head and grey stubble. He is wearing think glasses and a blue t-shirt.

'Our hemp crop raised eyebrows, but it is legal'

"It looks like what it shouldn't be, but it's grown for fibres," says Bredon farmer Jake Freestone.

3 days ago

Large indoor greenhouse filled with rows of cultivated plants under a glass roof and overhead lighting.

Rise in number of cannabis export licences

Licences to export cannabis have risen while import licences have fallen, according to statistics.

3 days ago

5 days ago

A dark room filled with dozens of tall cannabis plants

One of county's largest-ever cannabis farms uncovered

Wiltshire Police estimate about 1,500 plants were grown in the disused poultry farm.

5 days ago

The image shows a cannabis plant, close up. It has green pointy leaves. In the background, out-of-focus, are weeds.

Call for cannabis to be taxed 'like alcohol'

Deputy Gavin St Pier is seeking answers about the scale of prescriptions for medicinal cannabis

5 days ago

Police custody shots of Patryk Gilwanowski, Gazmir Hameti, Armir Metaj and Endri Arifaj (left to right). Patryk Gilwanowski is wearing a black top and has short, combed, brown hair and facial hair. Gazmir Hameti is wearing a blue hoodie and has short brown hair and greying facial hair. Armir Metaj is wearing a black T-shirt and has short black hair and black facial hair. Endri Arifaj is wearing a black top and has brown hair and facial hair. They are all stood in front of a grey wall.

Gang sentenced over bulk supply of cannabis

They used encrypted messaging platforms to hide their county lines drugs operation.

5 days ago

10 Jul 2026

Cannabis plants bunched together in a roof space.

More than 100 cannabis plants found in home

No one was found at the address and the home was cordoned off while investigations continue.

10 Jul 2026

9 Jul 2026

The outside of the Courts of Justice, which is a large, white, glass-fronted building with the government crest on the right. The photograph is taken from behind a long dark stone wall with plants lining it. There are unbroken blue skies.

Cocaine, ketamine and cannabis dealer jailed

Peel man Robert Proctor is sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison.

9 Jul 2026

8 Jul 2026

A building filled with cannabis plants growing

Inside the illegal 'Cali' cannabis trafficking trade

Cannabis is being sold as 'Cali weed' in the UK, but a BBC investigation uncovered exploitation during its production and that the drug isn't often grown in California.

8 Jul 2026

1 Jul 2026

A police mugshot of Sheraz Ahmed, who has black hair and black facial hair, and Hung Nguyen, who has shaved grey hair and grey stubble.

Men jailed for cannabis farm near police station

The men are jailed after cannabis plants are found with an estimated street value of £6.2m.

1 Jul 2026