POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an £18,500 cannabis factory was discovered in a house.

Officers found 37 large cannabis plants in two upstairs bedrooms at the house in Church Street, Great Harwood. The electricity meter inside the house was also being bypassed.

The building was empty when police carried out the search warrant on Wednesday.

No arrests have been made.

Police are now appealing for any information about the identity or the whereabouts of the person who was occupying the house to come forward.

PC Dave Render said: “The cannabis we have seized has now been taken off the streets. We will continue to work to disrupt the activity of criminals.

“The people of Great Harwood won’t tolerate this type of behaviour and neither will the police.”

Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101.