Overview
- Greater Manchester Police executed a warrant at Leigh Tenement Farm in Blackrod on 9 January and recovered about two tonnes of cannabis valued by police at roughly £24 million.
- Musa Kala, 35, and Raheem Latif, 27, both from Bolton, have been charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis and remanded in custody to appear at Manchester City Magistrates' Court on 12 January.
- Images released by police show stacked sacks and shrink‑wrapped bricks of cannabis prepared for distribution, indicating an industrial‑scale setup.
- GMP said the site was a large‑scale, sophisticated illegal operation and framed the seizure as disrupting criminal networks and removing a major source of harm.
- Police say the scale reflects organised groups exploiting remote locations for production, while a separate West Midlands raid in Walsall seized 1,737 plants and led to a charge in a linked regional context.