400 cannabis plants seized after police stop van on the Thanet Way

Three arrested and more than 400 cannabis plants are seized after police stop a van on the Thanet Way.

Thanet Neighbourhood Beat officers were on patrol on the morning of Friday 16 June 2023 when they saw and stopped a van which was travelling near St Nicholas-at-Wade.

A report had been made to Kent Police earlier that morning suggesting the vehicle might be connected to drug-dealing activity in Broadstairs.

Equipment suspected to be used for the growing of cannabis was recovered from the van and a 28-year-old man from north London was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug.

Cannabis cultivation

A further search at a property in Salisbury Avenue in Broadstairs uncovered a large cannabis cultivation spread across four rooms. Around 400 plants were seized by officers at the address.

Two more men, aged 26 and 25, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of supplying a controlled drug and cultivating cannabis.

All three men have been released on bail pending further enquiries.