Police have seized a cannabis farm worth more than £400,000 from a street in the North East.

Officers attended a property on Stockton High Street on March 22 and located around 500 cannabis plants worth up to £420,000.

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Neighbourhood Policing Teams secured a charge and a man aged 33 attended court.

He pleaded guilty to producing class B drugs and he received a 12 months prison sentence.

Neighbourhood policing teams were assisted by response officers for the incident.