POLICE who executed a drugs search warrant at a Blackburn garage found a sophisticated cannabis farm.

Blackburn magistrates heard they also discovered an £85,000 Range Rover which had been 'cut up.'

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David Paul Hartley, 44, of Delph Approach, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to producing cannabis and receiving stolen goods, a Range Rover Vogue belonging to Gary Tootell.

He was sent on bail to be sentenced at Preston Crown Court where he will appear on December 23.

Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said police executed a drugs search warrant at B & G Motors on Tatersall Street, Blackburn.

They found a cannabis farm which included 31 mature plants with a street value of £12,400 and 75 seedlings with a potential yield worth £30,000.

They also discovered the chopped up Range Rover which had been stolen following a burglary in Stockport.