IT’S not every day someone finds a cannabis farm when searching for a new home, especially when the potential buyer is a police officer.
But one off-duty officer found exactly that in the garage of a house they were viewing in the Colchester district.
Following this, officers from the town’s community policing team executed a warrant at the house on Monday and confirmed there was a “fairly large” cannabis grow in the garage.
The discovery turned out to be about £20,000 worth of the Class B drug’s plants.
In a Facebook post Essex Police said: “Things you would never hear Kirstie and Phil saying on #LocationLocationLocation
"Tip of the day: When trying to sell your house and your estate agent is bringing an off-duty Police officer for a viewing, Its probably best you remove your Cannabis Grow from your Garage…… "
Police said the occupant will be spoken to in relation to cannabis cultivation offences.
Might just hinder the house sale.
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