Police have arrested a man after raiding a house filled with a forest of cannabis plants in south London.
Officers seized more than 400 marijuana plants spread across five rooms when they searched the property in Hampton Road, Selhurst, at around 11.20am, last Thursday.
The mains electricity meter inside the house had been bypassed and unsafe wiring installed throughout the house to create the conditions for the plants to grow, police said.
Officers posted pictures of the find on Twitter, which showed masses of cannabis plants growing inside the property and the dangerous electricity wiring.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Some of the younger plants being grown... <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cannabisraid?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://twitter.com/hashtag/cannabisraid?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#cannabisraid</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/1HxdKTXM7a" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://t.co/1HxdKTXM7a" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/1HxdKTXM7a</a> — PC Horvath (@MPSSelhurst) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSSelhurst/status/699570014165143552" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://twitter.com/MPSSelhurst/status/699570014165143552" data-vars-event-id="c23">February 16, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Some more plants... <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cannabisraid?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://twitter.com/hashtag/cannabisraid?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#cannabisraid</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/WI2eEmaEVY" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://t.co/WI2eEmaEVY" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/WI2eEmaEVY</a> — PC Horvath (@MPSSelhurst) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSSelhurst/status/699571039622160385" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://twitter.com/MPSSelhurst/status/699571039622160385" data-vars-event-id="c23">February 16, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The mains electricity meter had been bypassed, and unsafe wiring installed throughout the house... <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cannabisraid?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://twitter.com/hashtag/cannabisraid?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#cannabisraid</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/jUo2frgn99" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://t.co/jUo2frgn99" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/jUo2frgn99</a> — PC Horvath (@MPSSelhurst) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSSelhurst/status/699572147837149184" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3182276-https://twitter.com/MPSSelhurst/status/699572147837149184" data-vars-event-id="c23">February 16, 2016</a>
Police arrested the man during the raid.
He has since been bailed pending further investigation.
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