A car caught fire after it crashed in the early hours of the morning.

Police were called just before midnight on October 17 to reports of a crash on the M25 clockwise between junctions 21a (Bricket Wood) and 22 (near St Albans).

A grey Mercedes crashed into a central reservation barrier and caught fire.

Officers, the Herts Fire and Rescue Service and the East of England Ambulance Service attended.

Two people suffered minor injuries and were taken hospital as a precaution.

The road was closed while the incident was dealt with. It re-opened around 1am.

 

Herts Fire and Rescue Service and the East of England Ambulance Service have been contacted for a response.

Moor Park drugs bust

In an unrelated incident Herts Police discovered a “sophisticated” cannabis factory yesterday, seizing an estimated £200,000 worth of drugs.

Officers forced their way into the address in Moor Park (on October 16) to find the plants growing alongside harvested buds, fertiliser, and other growing equipment.

“As you can see in the photos,” Herts Police said, “this is a sophisticated grow and by discovering this, it has allowed us to seriously disrupt this organisation in the supply of cannabis”.

The Three Rivers Operation Scorpion officers, who carried out the bust with help from the Operational Support Group, are still investigating exactly who was running the operation.