UPDATE: Four bailed after police using flashbangs find cannabis farm in South Shields
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Officers surrounded a house in Commercial Road on Sunday night, February 20.
A video circulating online showed several police vehicles outside and a number of loud bangs and flashes cold be seen coming from within the property.
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Hide AdPolice confirmed these were flashbangs used during the search and no shots were fired.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said yesterday the incident had come after officers were initially called to reports a man had been injured in another location: “Shortly before 8.20pm yesterday (Sunday) we received a report of a disturbance in the Farne Avenue area of South Shields.
“It was reported that a man had been assaulted and suffered serious but non life-threatening injuries and had been taken to hospital.
“Firearms officers, assisted by the National Police Air Service, attended the scene.”
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Hide AdInquiries had then led to the second location: “The search led officers to Commercial Road in South Shields, where a cannabis farm was also located.
“Three men, aged 42, 30 and 29, and a woman, aged 28, have all been arrested in connection with the incident. They all remain in police custody at this time.@
“Enquiries remain on-going and officers continue to have a presence in the area, while the cannabis farm is dismantled.@
Police confirmed today Tuesday, February 22, that the four have been bailed.
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