Police have busted a huge cannabis farm worth hundreds of thousands of pounds inside a Birmingham property.
Officers uncovered a factory worth almost £260,000 inside an address in Witton Lodge Road, Kingstanding on Friday (October 23).
A total of 258 plants were counted and seized as officers executed the drugs warrant in the early hours of the morning.
As police entered, a man was found with the ‘full cannabis set up’ and arrested for cultivation.
It’s understood he was released without charge as he’s being treated as a ‘potential trafficking victim’.
Officers from the organised crime team shared an image which shows rows of cannabis plants lined up inside a room.
The premises were made safe following the raid, they said.
The team wrote to Twitter: “@Gangs_WMP have this morning executed a warrant in Witton Lodge Road where a large Cannabis Farm was recovered.
“One male has been arrested and the premises are being made safe.
“Organised crime revenue from Cannabis is…