Illegal taser device and cannabis plant farm found after police raid on Calderdale house

Acting on information from the UK Border Agency (UKBA) police officers from Operation Jemlock attended the address.

A 47-year-old was arrested for importing the taser device

As the search continued officers uncovered a CS Spray cannister and another Taser as well as a cannabis grow.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said the man had been arrested on suspicion of Importation of a prohibited weapon (the intercepted Taser), Possession of S5 Firearm (Taser), Possession of S5 Firearm (CS Spray), and Production of a Class B Drug (Cannabis).

He has since been released under investigation.

Operation Jemlock was launched in April 2019 in response to rising violence and knife crime. It was created following a meeting between Chief Constable, John Robins QPM and with the Home Secretary and other chief officers in March 2019.

Following that meeting, a number of police forces were given additional Home Office funding to tackle the issue of serious violence.

Further funding for a second financial year was allocated in April 2020 and it ensured the operation was able to continue.

Jemlock officers have made more than 3,100 arrests across West Yorkshire since April 2019 and contributed to a 12 per cent reduction in knife crime across the force.

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