Ayrshire cannabis farm at former primary school dubbed 'fortress' after £800,000 police raid

An enormous medicine haul price virtually 1,000,000 kilos was seized from a former main faculty exterior an Ayrshire village.

Final week we advised how cops raided an tackle in Patna which led to the invention of a £800,000 hashish farm.

The most important operation was shut down by Ayrshire Police’s pro-active crime workforce after they executed a warrant on the previous St. Xavier's Major Faculty within the East Ayrshire village, final Monday.

Locals have advised Ayrshire Stay how the constructing has grow to be a ‘fortress’.

Photos present how the constructing is totally surrounded with CCTV cameras and sits behind a concrete wall and an enormous gate.

The constructing was beforehand the scene of horrific animal abuse as canines have been left to starve to demise underneath the guise of a canine rescue centre Ayrshire Ark.

CCTV cameras are positioned across the former faculty in Patna (Picture: Alasdair MacLeod/Ayrshire Put up)

Evil rescue boss Zara Brown was caged in 2017 after six canines and one cat have been discovered useless on the centre.

Police say their enquiries into the hashish haul are nonetheless ongoing.

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Detective Inspector Grant Currie, of Ayrshire pro-active CID, stated: “Our enquiries into the cultivation are ongoing and I'd urge anybody with any data that would help to contact us as quickly as doable.

Police raided the previous St Xavier's faculty (Picture: Alasdair MacLeod/Ayrshire Put up)

“Police Scotland is dedicated to disrupting the illicit provide of medicine in our communities and we are going to use each instrument and tactic at our disposal to take away these unlawful substances from our streets.

“When you have any data or issues about drug misuse or wider criminality in your space, don't hesitate to contact us on 101 or report anonymously by way of Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

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