Man charged after cannabis factory discovered in Brierley Hill

West Midlands Police said the drugs grow in the town had caused "considerable distress to residents".

Writing to X just before 7.30am on Tuesday, Brierley Hill Police added that electricity at the site had been "dangerously bypassed".

A man was arrested following the drugs warrant and later charged and remanded with cultivating cannabis abstracting electricity.

Pictures taken by police at the scene show a large number of cannabis plants in a room at the site of the factory, which were later removed by officers.