Kilos of cocaine found in Kirkintilloch and Lenzie, and 1,200 cannabis plants!

POLICE have uncovered thousands of pounds worth of drugs during raids in Kirkintilloch.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th Aug 2012, 17:19 BST

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A police helicopter hovered above premises at Woodilee Industrial Estate this morning (Thursday) and officers seized 1,200 cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of around £750,000.

Four men have been detained in connection with the discovery.

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Meanwhile, two men – aged 25 and 24 – have been arrested after 1kg of cocaine was found at a house in John Steet, Kirkintilloch, and another 1kg at a home in Blackthorn Avenue, in Lenzie, yesterday (Wednesday).

That’s a combined haul of £100,000.

And police found suspicious items – possibly connected to drug misuse or supply – at vacant unit at Old Mill Park inudustrial estate, in Kirkintilloch last Wednesday (August 8).

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