Cannabis farm discovered after neighbour tip-off

Image source, Lancashire Police

Image caption, The 214 plants were found at an address on Sunny Brow, Coppull, on Monday

More than 200 cannabis plants have been found after police received reports of a strong, persistent smell of the drug.

The plants were found at an address on Sunny Brow, Coppull, on Monday.

Lancashire Police said the electricity had been bypassed and there was a "very real risk of fire" as "terrifyingly the fuse was so unstable it was too hot to hold".

A 42-year-old man, of no fixed address, was arrested at the scene and is currently being questioned on suspicion of cannabis cultivation.

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