Landlords fighting a losing battle against drug farms

A South Tyneside landlord leader says property owners are fighting a losing battle to combat tenants setting up cannabis farms – after being locked out by criminal gangs.

Private landlord Colin Campbell, who is chairman of the borough’s Landlords Association, has revealed the trail of destruction caused by drug operations after a huge cannabis haul was uncovered during a police raid in Dean Road, South Shields, this week.

The cannabis farm which was found in Dean Road, South Shields, this week.

Police found a 275-plant cannabis farm with an estimated street value of £150,000 in a flat, with a tunnel dug from an empty charity shop next door linking the two premises.

While Mr Campbell is encouraging landlords to carry out regular checks on tenants, he says they are often left to apply for a court order to force entry into properties where locks have been changed by crooks eager...

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