AN APOLOGY has been issued by police over an incorrect statement made following a drugs raid.
Northamptonshire Police have retracted a statement which suggested the odour from mature cannabis plants had carcinogenic properties.
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A spokesman for the force said: “Northamptonshire Police would like to apologise for the incorrect information provided to the media which claimed that cannabis plants had potential carcinogenic properties.
“This information was provided in good faith. However, we accept the information was misleading and we will strive to ensure this does not happen again.”
The original incorrect statement was published in The Mail on March 1 in a report about cannabis plants being seized by police during a raid in Cottingham.
Source: www.lutterworthmail.co.uk
