Arrest in cannabis factory find

Tayside Police said the factory also posed a fire risk

A man has been arrested after the discovery of a cannabis factory at a house in Angus.

Police who raided the three-bedroom property in Forfar found around 1,000 plants, capable of producing around £200,000 worth of the Class C drug.

A 31 year-old is being held in connection with the find, Tayside Police confirmed.

It followed a police operation in the west of Scotland that uncovered plants worth up to £3m at around 20 homes.

More than a dozen people were arrested during Operation League, which kicked off in November.

Det Insp Iain Wales, of Tayside Police, said that as well as being illegal, the cannabis farms posed a serious fire hazard.

"These cultivations require lots of heat and this is achieved by effectively converting a normal house into a huge greenhouse, often bypassing the normal electrical supply and feeding directly from the mains," he said.