Police have found a one million pound drug farm in a Hartlepool industrial estate.
The cannabis farm was located on Greythorp Industrial Estate and was valued at £1.3m in total.
Two men, aged 51 and 25, were arrested and charged at the scene.
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A Cleveland Police spokesperson said: "Officers have seized more than a million pounds worth of drugs after locating a large cannabis farm in Hartlepool.
"The farm was located at a premises on Greythorp Industrial Estate in Hartlepool on Friday 22nd November and is believed to be valued up to £1.3 million pounds.
"Two men, aged 51 and 25, were arrested and charged with production of cannabis and they were remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Magistrates’."
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