Three arrested linked to growing hundreds of cannabis plants - Gazette POLICE have arrested three people in connection with growing hundreds of cannabis plants. Officers executed three warrants at homes in Conifer Close and Hawthorn Avenue, in Colchester, and Claremont Road, in Wivenhoe, yesterday . They seized hundreds of cannabis plants and equipment associated with growing the plants. Haki Brija, 27, of Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, and Roland Shuti, 28, of Conifer Close, Colchester, have since been charged with producing cannabis. They have been remanded to appear at Southend Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. A 27-year-old man arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis has been released under investigation. Sergeant Rob Temme, of Colchester's Community Policing Team, said: “Following concerns about drug activity in the district, we have executed five warrants in five days with seven people arrested. “Three of those individuals have been charged and are due in court and th...