POLICE followed up a successful drugs raid by catching somebody riding a stolen moped on the same street.
On Friday afternoon, officers from the Bolton Action team carried out a drugs warrant in Cawdor Avenue, in Farnworth.
After leaving the address, they stopped a "suspicious" moped.
They found the driver to be in possession of drugs and a knife.
The moped also turned out to be stolen.
GMP Bolton Central wrote on social media "Officers from the Bolton Action Team (BAT) were pulling away from a positive drugs warrant on Cawdor Avenue when they stopped a suspicious moped – only to find the driver in possession of drugs and a knife, and the moped turned out to be stolen."
It follows police uncovering a cannabis farm in Halliwell, on Thursday.
The electricity supply was also found to be tampered with.
The cannabis plants were destroyed and the electric board made sure the property was safe.
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