FOI 487/26

Request

1)         How many industrial-scale cannabis factories (some in empty buildings filled with specialist cannabis growing equipment, rather than individuals’ homes) have been discovered in your force area in 2025?

2)         What were the figures for the years 2022/23? 2023/24? 2024/25?

Clarification

South Wales Police: There are two types of information we can provide.

1. The number of crimes recorded as 92A/92/21/MD71531: Cannabis: Production of/or being concerned in production of a Class B controlled drug.  This will include occurrences where 1 or 1000 plants for example were involved.
2. The number of cannabis plants seized. This information however includes cannabis plants seized from homes or industrial units, but also during stop and searches for example.

Can you confirm which information you would like?

Applicant: Option 1

Response

A search has been completed using our crime and incident recording system (Niche RMS) for all crime occurrences recorded as 92A/92/21/MD71531: Cannabis: Production of/or being concerned in production of a Class B controlled drug between 1^st April 2022 and 31^st March 2025.