Cannabis with £20k street value seized in Westcliff drugs raid this morning

Cannabis worth about £20,000 has been seized and a man is in police custody after a drugs raid this morning.

Southend’s community policing team carried out a drugs raid at a property in Westborough Road, Westcliff, this morning.

As a result of the searches, a large quantity of cannabis has been recovered from the property, which police say has an estimated street value of £20,000.

An illegal bladed article was also seized by officers during the raid.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the production of controlled drugs and he remains in custody while the investigation is ongoing.

An Essex Police spokesman said: “If anyone has any information that may assist this investigation, please contact Essex Police on Tel 101 and quote incident number EP-20230619-0186.”

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