He’d been sent to the area of Burnden, to follow up on a drugs raid on a house the day before.
Speaking to residents, he discovered that men from that property had been regularly visiting another house down the road.
Thorpe took one of his interviewees over to a nearby PC to tell him of their suspicions.
When Greater Manchester Police raided the house they found a set up capable of growing 150 plants every 6 weeks.
Officers also managed to arrest a man as he tried to run away.
Speaking to the paper, Sergeant Mike Jennings said:
"We want to thank The Bolton News for speaking to the residents, who were forthcoming with the information and assisted in us locating the other property."
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