Two arrests after hundreds of cannabis plants found

Police said officers discovered the plants after raiding the premises on Monday

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis after hundreds of plants were found at a property in Nottingham.

Officers raided an address in High Church Street in New Basford at about 17:00 GMT on Monday.

Nottinghamshire Police said two suspects were found at the property, where more than 600 plants were found across four different rooms.

The men, aged 24 and 21, were arrested, and the force said an investigation was continuing, adding the plants would be destroyed and the growing equipment removed.

Det Insp Lisa Jones said: "This was a large cannabis grow, and it's great to have taken these drugs out of circulation.

"Cannabis production is far from a victimless crime – it attracts antisocial behaviour, usually has links to wider criminality, and poses a dangerous fire risk too, due to electricity being bypassed."