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In pictures: Inside a 500-plant cannabis farm

Martin Heath
BBC News, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Police Exterior of two-storey stone-built house, with white window frames. Vegetation is growing up the walls. There are several chimneys above the front facade. A group of police officers, wearing yellow hi-vis police vests, are standing outside next to a car and a police van in gravel drive. There is a tall tree to the left, and a shorter one to the right. Northamptonshire Police
Northamptonshire Police Interior of house, showing floor covered in green-leaved plants. There is a large black pipe entering the room through a wall, with insulation foam around the outside. There are pipes above. There is a large rectangular object behind the plants which is covered in white sheeting. There are fluorescent lights hanging from the ceiling. Northamptonshire Police
The search was carried out at an old two-storey house in the village of Harpole
Northamptonshire Police said it received intelligence suggesting that cannabis was being grown in the building

A "large-scale" cannabis farm has been discovered at a house in a village, police said.

Northamptonshire Police searched the property in Harpole, Northamptonshire, after receiving information suggesting drugs were being grown there.

The force said about 500 cannabis plants were spread out over several rooms.

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of supplying a Class B drug and has been released on conditional bail.

Northamptonshire Police PC Partridge with short brown hair and beard wearing a black police uniform with radios attached below the shoulder. There is a yellow and red police fan behind him, with a car and a white van. There is a stone-building two-storey house in the background.Northamptonshire Police
PC Chris Partridge said people involved in cannabis farms were often trafficked into the country

PC Chris Partridge, from the Daventry and South Northamptonshire Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "A lot of the time, with these grows, people are being forced into growing these plants, often trafficked into the country, living in really poor conditions.

"We'd encourage anyone with any information on cannabis grows in their area to contact us."

He said a long-term investigation would take place to find out who had set the farm up and who was making money from it.

The arrested man is also being questioned about the possession of a knife or sharp-pointed article in public.

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