A HUGE cannabis farm spanning seven rooms was discovered by police at a vacant former bank premises.
Two men have been charged following the find in the derelict former TSB bank in Ellamsbridge Road, Sutton last week.
Officers attended the empty property shortly after 11.15am on Monday, July 3.
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They discovered seven separate growing rooms, and the force’s Cannabis Dismantling Team seized a total of 801 cannabis plants as well as growing equipment.
Scottish Power attended and confirmed the electricity supply had been abstracted.
Lam Viet Nguyen, 19, and Dinh Han Tran, 53, – both of no fixed address – were arrested and later charged with production of cannabis.
They appeared at Wirral Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, July 4.
They were further remanded into custody to appear at the Crown Court at a later date.
The former TBS branch closed in May 2022 after it was one of 70 across the country axed by the bank.
Planning permission to convert the property into apartments was approved by the council later in 2022.
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