Elm Park cannabis factory uncovered by Havering Council-funded police officers

Some of the plants discovered during the raid (credit: @MPSHavering)

Police have uncovered a cannabis factory at a residential address in Elm Park.

Officers from the Havering Joint Task Force, funded by the local council, forced entry to a property and found the large haul of plants.

Havering Joint Task Force officers secured entry to a residential premises in Elm Park and found a large cannabis factory within. We are committed to disrupting criminality and making Havering a safer place! @LBofHavering @RomfordRecorder @HaveringDaily #HJTF 422EA pic.twitter.com/ShaFLuFJku

— Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) February 11, 2020

The team of five officers started working in January after Havering Council invested around £300,000 of taxpayers’ money into the scheme for each of the next three years.

It is being done as part of a Metropolitan Police project called Partnership Plus, which allows local authorities to pay for extra officers.

The task force is ring-fenced to only operate in Havering.