A CANNABIS farm that was uncovered in a house would have produced drugs worth nearly £1m a year, police have revealed.

Merseyside Police's specialist Cannabis Dismantling Team executed in Kenyons Lane North, Haydock on Monday, October 16.

They recovered 217 plants across various rooms inside the property.

No arrests have been made and police are hunting those behind the farm.

Cannabis Dismantling Team Sergeant Kevin Coakley said: "It is pleasing to have dismantled such a large-scale farm with all the associated risks that it brings.

"Whoever was responsible has used rooms throughout the house for the purpose of growing cannabis, overloading the electricity sockets in the process, and through sheer luck, a fire has not been started within.

“If you live close to one of these farms, you are potentially in danger from the fires that they can cause, so report any of the signs and help us remove any such hazards from your street.

"Cannabis cultivation by criminal gangs can cause serious harm in our communities and we know that criminal groups involved in the cultivation of cannabis are usually involved in other serious organised crime, bringing fear and harm to those around them.

"Our communities can continue to help us stop these groups from turning houses and flats into potential death traps. This cannabis farm was in a terraced property and nobody wants to live next door or even on the same street as one of these houses.

"We would ask that if you believe someone is using a property for this purpose, please tell us so we can take positive action and find those responsible for setting them up."

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Anyone with any information can call police on 101, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.