A large scale cannabis cultivation plant consisting of more than 300 plants has been discovered in a farm building near Yalding.

The crop is estimated to have a street value worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and will now be destroyed.

The alert was raised yesterday, when power engineers visited a site in Collier Street, close to Prospect Place, due to concerns over the supply of electricity.

Police were then called at 1.45pm and officers discovered cannabis growing in four separate rooms.

No arrests have yet been made and inquiries are ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 01622 604100, quoting reference 28-0688, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.