DRUGS 'FACTORY' FOUND

AN elaborate cannabis 'factory' that may have links to a much larger drug production operation along the coast, has been uncovered in Newhaven.

Housed within a residential property in Meeching Road was a hydroponics growing facility so sophisticated a police source described it as, 'one of the most impressive growing operations we have ever seen'. Police found more than 350 large plants growing in the house with a street value of several thousand pounds. Detective Constable Mike Baldwin, of Newhaven CID, said: 'The cannabis factory found at the property is an elaborate set up and extremely well designed. 'This find is considered to be significant step forward in reducing drug supply and although cannabis was reclassified to a class C drug, producing and supplying cannabis remains a serious offence and can mean up to 14 years imprisonment and a fine.'

Drugs raid in Newhaven