DORSET: The site where they were found was described as a purpose-built plantation with some of the plants as tall as 4ft.
The plants were piled into rubbish sacks and taken away to be destroyed.
Inspector Mike Darby, of Bridport police, said: ‘This is another excellent result by Bridport Safer Neighbourhood Team in preventing drugs circulating in West Dorset.
‘Sadly for the growers it would appear we have just beaten them to the mark by nipping this in the bud and harvesting the cannabis before them.
‘We know in the Burton Bradstock and West Bexington rural area that these plantations are set up annually and we regularly discover them.
‘I have no doubt the same people are cultivating these plantations every year and it’s only a matter of time before we arrest them and prosecute for these significant offences.’
No arrests have been made.
