POLICE shut down a cannabis farm after officers were alerted to the illegal factory by a member of the public on Sunday.

Officers seized a large quantity of cannabis plants from the property on Beaverbrook Avenue in Culcheth on Sunday following the discovery at 4pm. 

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A 30-year-old, who was arrested on suspicion of the cultivation of cannabis, was released pending further enquiries.