Raid on drugs factory 'with gym'

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A look inside the former chicken facility used as a drugs factory

An anonymous tip-off has led to the discovery of a cannabis factory in Nottinghamshire containing 3,000 plants with a street value of £3m.

Officers raided a former chicken factory on Barrows Hill Lane in Jacksdale where they also found electrical equipment worth £250,000.

Police described the factory as a "sophisticated set-up", containing living quarters complete with a gym.

Seven men, aged between 20 and 48, have been arrested.

The men are currently in police custody following the raid on Wednesday afternoon.

'Huge scale'

Ch Insp Mark Wakeland said: "One attending officer who has executed drugs warrants for the past seven years said it was the biggest and most sophisticated set-up he had ever seen.

"Cannabis plants were being grown on an industrial scale across the factory floor - a huge space roughly 50m (164ft) long by 25m (82ft) wide."

He added it was "an immensely professional operation".

Officers acted on information received anonymously via Crimestoppers.