Duvet covers used to bag up suspected cannabis

Neighbourhood police officers ran out of "extra large evidence bags", police said

Police officers had to resort to bagging up evidence in duvet covers after coming across a suspected cannabis factory, Gloucestershire Police said.

The force said officers made the discovery in an industrial unit in Tetbury while out on patrol on Wednesday night.

In a bid to dismantle "the grow", officers ran out of "extra large evidence bags" and had to "borrow the suspects' duvet covers" in order to recover all of the 225 plants, police said in a social media post.

Gloucestershire Police confirmed no arrests had been made and the force added: "We'll be happy to return the bedding if the owners would like to get in touch with us at Cirencester."

The officers had been patrolling some industrial units in the town when they challenged "suspicious men who fled through one of the buildings", the social media post said.

Officers said 225 plants were discovered on an industrial estate

When they searched the units, they not only found a suspected cannabis factory but the suspects' living quarters as well, it added.

Unable to bag up all the evidence alone, police said they had to get the help of nearby colleagues in Dursley.

"We nearly didn't get all the evidence in our van," they said.

"Its been quite the night," police added.