An ongoing policing operation in Edinburgh has marked a month-long enforcement campaign with a large drugs recovery.
Operation Wolf is a community-policing initiative aimed at tackling the specific crimes and issues affecting the public across the Capital.
Yesterday, officers began a month of targeted action by carrying out an intelligence-led search of a property in Angle Park Terrace.
As a result a cannabis cultivation was seized from inside along with a quantity of herbal cannabis, which was ready for distribution.
Over £1,300 in cash was also removed from the address.
The total value of the recovered cannabis is around £8,400.
Superintendent Matt Richards said: “Op Wolf continues to target all serious crimes, but particularly those that matter to local communities. Yesterday’s activity concentrated on organised criminality, and specifically those dealing drugs.
“Seizing such a sizeable quantity of drugs and cash makes a big dent in the income and lifestyle of those who would potentially re-invest the money in more illicit materials and illegal activity.
“We have listened to local concerns about drug dealing and are concentrating our Op Wolf efforts on the emergence of public safety issues linked to both illegal substances and the increasing misuse of new psychoactive substances.
“The success of Operation Wolf is based on the intelligence we receive from our communities and I would urge anyone with information relating to ongoing criminal activity in their area is asked to contact us on 101 or make an anonymous report via the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
