A CANNABIS cultivation has been uncovered while police were making enquiries into a man who was “seriously injured”.
Emergency services were called out to Fisherrow in the early hours of this morning.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland previously confirmed that a man had been taken to hospital.
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Now, they have added: “Around 3.50am on Monday, October 14, we were called to a report of a man seriously injured in the Links Avenue area of Fisherrow, Musselburgh.
“Emergency services attended and a 47-year-old man was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.
“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.
“During the course of making enquiries, officers discovered a cannabis cultivation within a property also on Links Avenue.
“A 55-year-old man has been arrested in connection with drug offences and enquiries are ongoing.”
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