Drugs farmer jailed after 700 cannabis plants discovered in Dewsbury
He's been handed a year behind bars
Last updated 10th Sep 2025
A Dewsbury drugs farmer has been handed a year behind bars after hundreds of cannabis plants were discovered during a police raid,
Officers raided a home on Bradford Road in May this year after receiving reports the property was being used to produce durgs.
700 plants in various stages of growth were discovered, along with 24 year old Kristean Delia.
He was now been jailed after admitting to production of a Class B drugs.
Inspector Charlotte Nicholls of West Yorkshire Police said: “Our team located the large scale drugs factory on Bradford Road following an investigation into various pieces of community intelligence about suspicious activity there.
“Those reports led to substantial numbers of cannabis plants being seized and another large scale criminal enterprise operating in our communities being shut down.
“Every drugs factory closure takes money from the pockets of those who cause the drugs related violent and County Lines crime none of us want to see on estates and neighbourhoods.
“Again, I want thank residents for their community spirit in contacting us with information and intelligence about suspected criminality, and urge them to keep doing so.”