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Police in West Yorkshire sniff out 70 per cent more cannabis

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 06/05/2015 - 07:33

The number of cannabis plants seized by West Yorkshire Police soared by more than 70 per cent last year, according to new figures.

West Yorkshire bucked the downward national trend in 2014 for the number of seizures of illegal plants, with 15,327 taken by the county’s police compared with 8,960 in 2013.

The 71 per cent increase is the fourth biggest among the nation’s police force areas last year, according to new statistics from landlord insurer Direct Line.

During the same period the number of cannabis plants seized in neighbouring North Yorkshire dropped by 80 per cent, from 6,594 to 1,304, one of the largest falls in the country.

South Yorkshire Police seized 21,731 plants in 2014, an increase of 14 per cent and a total giving the county the third highest rate of seizures of any force during the year. The number of seizures by Humberside Police dropped slightly....

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