Northumbria Police officers have discovered and destroyed a cannabis farm following a callout to a disturbance over the weekend.
Police officers attended a property in Heaton after a disturbance in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The disturbance had been reported at 2.40am on September 10, with several men arguing outside a property on Marleen Avenue before leaving the area.
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Police returned to the area on Sunday afternoon to dismantle and destroy a cannabis farm with around 100 plants on the quiet residential street near Chillingham Road in Heaton.
The front door was seen to be removed from the property and officers in overalls were seen entering and leaving the property several times carrying bags of evidence and disposing of them into a large skip.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "At 2.40am on Saturday (September 10) police received a report of a disturbance at an address on Marleen Avenue in Heaton. It was reported a number of men had been arguing outside the property before leaving the area.
"Officers attended and upon entering the address uncovered a cannabis farm with around 100 plants, which was later dismantled and safely destroyed. Enquiries into the farm are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact police using the 'Tell us Something' page on our website quoting reference 106761H/22."
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