Cannabis farm found in property

Police are investigating after hundreds of cannabis plants were discovered at a drug farm in Sunderland on New Year’s Day.

Officers were called to Woodbine Street at around 6.30pm on January 1, following reports of suspicious activity at a former commercial property.

Inside the premises police found a cannabis farm with about 500 plants. The drugs have been seized by police and the farm was dismantled.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: ““Officers attended the address and inside located a cannabis farm with about 500 plants at various stages of growth. An investigation has been launched to identify those involved.”

Anyone with information should contact police via the ‘Tell Us Something’ page of their website or call 101, quoting log 970 010121.