More than 100 cannabis plants were found after police raided a home in a seaside town.
Officers were called to reports of a disturbance at a house in Meredith Road in Clacton-on-Sea at about 3am on Saturday.
Once inside police found 117 cannabis plants and specialist equipment for cultivating the plants, which have now been removed and seized by officers.
UK Power Networks also confirmed that illegal electricity connection was in use at the property.
Police sergeant Wendy Crowson said: “I would like to say thank you to my team, as well as to officers in our Local Policing Teams, Community Policing Teams, and our crime scene investigators, for all their hard work.”
Anyone with any information is being asked to contact Essex Police quoting the crime reference number 364 of December 2.
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