POLICE this morning uncovered a haul of cannabis worth tens of thousands of pounds being grown inside a Southampton house.

It is the 49th cannabis factory raided in the city in the past 18 months.

Detectives from the city's drug investigation team stormed the home in Padwell Road, in the Inner Avenue area of the city, shortly after 8am.

Four rooms inside the house had been converted into cannabis growing areas.

Police believe they have recovered up to 350 mature plants that were almost at the point where they could be harvested for sale on the streets.

A 33-year-old man found inside the property was arrested.

He was being questioned at a police station in Hampshire on suspicion of being concerned in the production of cannabis.

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