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Cannabis factory found inside house in village

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Police said they arrived at the home on Tuesday evening after reports of suspicious activity

A cannabis factory has been discovered in a house in a Staffordshire village, police said.

Officers were called to the address in Muckley Corner, near Lichfield, at about 18.45 GMT on Tuesday after reports of suspicious activity.

Staffordshire Police said the plants were already partly harvested and nobody was in the building when their officers arrived.

Electricity workers were called to cut off the power supply and the force added their investigations were continuing.

A door into a house shows rubbish, cardboard boxes and black bags scattered on the floor
Electricity workers were called out to cut the power supply to the building, police said

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