POLICE have seized a further 200 cannabis plants following raids on Bournemouth homes.
Dorset Police have raided two more residential homes during recent operations.
A total of 213 plants were recovered across both warrants with one man arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of drugs.
The raids, last Wednesday, formed part of Operation Mille - a nationally coordinated drugs crackdown targeting 1,000 cannabis factories and crime gangs.
Dorset Police targeted 12 of these factories between March 1 and July 16 as part of phase one of the operation.
The first four warrants alone saw 4,765 cannabis plants seized and destroyed, and nine people arrested.
The raids in Bournemouth on July 5 were the 11th and 12th warrants to be executed by the county force.
It brings the total number of cannabis plants seized in Dorset during phase one to 6,035.
At the time of writing, 15 arrests and ten charges had been made.
A second operation, ‘Operation Scorpion’, has been running alongside Operation Mille.
This has involved the modern-day slavery associated with the regional drugs market - especially cannabis cultivation.
Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick said the work to address drugs in the region was about “keeping a promise to the people of Dorset”.
Mr Sidwick said: “Op Scorpion and Op Mille have aligned over the last month or so across the whole of the South West to focus on cannabis cultivation by organised crime groups and associated crime, in particular modern slavery, human trafficking and organised immigration crime.
“Operation Scorpion has been pivotal in tackling illegal drug crime – taking down county lines, removing drugs and weapons from our streets, and stopping modern slavery.
“I look forward to seeing what else can be accomplished as we continue to work together to make the South West no place for drugs.
“We know that criminals don’t see county borders and Op Scorpion shows those criminals that we too can work in the same way – put simply - there is no hiding place."
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