'Large scale' Southsea cannabis farm found by police after man spotted acting suspiciously
A CANNABIS farm was discovered by police after a man was spotted acting suspiciously in the early hours.
Officers were called to Grayshott Road in Southsea at 3.05am this morning after reports of suspicious behaviour at a property.
Upon arriving police carried out a search and found that it was being used as a ‘large scale’ cannabis factory.
However before raiding the illegal farm, officers had to call for help from Southern and Scottish Electricity to ‘make sure it was safe’.
A police spokesman said: ‘Police officers conducted a search of the property and located a large number of cannabis plants.
‘These were subsequently seized along with a mobile phone.
‘No one was present at the address at the time and as such no arrests have been made.’
On Twitter police added: ‘Sudden throwback to being in the middle of the heatwave - Cosham E-relief only went and found a large scale cannabis factory!
‘Little bit too toasty (not to mention illegal) so our friends at @SSE came to make sure it was safe for us to work in.
‘Not the sort of DIY we encourage.’