POLICE have discovered cannabis plants with a potential street value of £65,000 in an outbuilding in Bridgwater following information from the public.

Officers attended a property in the Ridgeway Cottages area of Bridgwater at just after 8am yesterday.

Inside an outbuilding they located around 65 cannabis plants and around £3,000 worth of associated equipment.

Neighbourhood officer PC Dominic Bryant: “We received vital information from a member of the public which directly led to the discovery of a fairly sophisticated cannabis factory.

“The drugs have been seized for destruction and we’re carrying out further enquiries to trace those responsible for this criminal operation.”

If you have information which could help the police with their investigation, call 101 and give the call handler the reference number 5218/210289.