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Cannabis factory discovered at former M&S store

South Wales Evening Post

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December 13, 2025

A FORMER Marks & Spencer store in the heart of a town centre was being converted into what police say could have become the "largest ever" cannabis farm in South Wales.

- LOIS MCCARTHY

Neath town centre Neighbourhood Policing Officers disrupted the operation before it could reach full scale.

The operation came as a result of intelligence gathered by the Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT).

Suspicious activity had been reported around the former Marks & Spencer's shop on Green Street, which had been vacant since the closure of M&S on May 18, 2024.

While on patrol, a man who was allegedly "acting suspiciously" was stopped by the officers.

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