Raids uncover £200,000 of cannabis plants at Hull properties

Cannabis worth almost £200,000 has been found at properties in Hull.

In separate raids, police targeted addresses in Croyland Avenue, off Holland Street, east Hull, and Hessle Road in west Hull. Officers found a total of 395 cannabis plants.

In the first raid, 132 plants, with an estimated street value of £66,000, were found in the Croyland Avenue property. Karolis Atkociunas, 27, of Croyland Avenue, Hull, was arrested and later appeared in court charged with production of cannabis.

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In the second raid, 263 cannabis plants, worth around £131,500, were seized from the property in Hessle Road.

In a statement, Humberside Police said: “Two unconnected warrants executed at properties in Hull this week have resulted in 395 cannabis plants being seized, with an estimated street value of £197,500. On Monday, 5 June, upon searching a property on Croyland Avenue after a warrant was carried out, officers discovered a cannabis grow of around 132 plants, with an estimated street value of £66,000.

“Karolis Atkociunas, 27, of Croyland Avenue, Hull, was arrested at the property and later charged with production of cannabis. He appeared at Hull Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 6 June, and was remanded into custody to appear at court at a later date.