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Cannabis worth £400k seized from derelict building

Gloucestershire Police Many cannabis plants being grown inside a derelict building.Gloucestershire Police
Officers discovered the grow at a property on Tewkesbury's high street

Police have seized £400,000 worth of cannabis which was being grown inside a high street property.

Officers discovered 274 cannabis plants spread over three floors at the derelict building in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Two men, aged 25 and 39, were arrested on suspicion of producing the class B drug and have been released on bail.

The grow has since been dismantled and destroyed and investigations are ongoing, police said.

Anybody with information about the incident is asked to contact Gloucestershire Police.

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