POLICE recovered more than £17,000 worth of cannabis in a raid yesterday.

Officers and a sniffer dog raided a house at Wolviston Court, Billingham, and found a skunk cannabis farm of 16 plants and a quarter of a kilo of cannabis bush.

A 30-year-old man was arrested and bailed pending the results of forensic investigations.

Anyone with information is asked to call Stockton police on (01642) 302340.