Police forensics at the warehouse where the plants were seized
POLICE have seized cannabis plants with an estimated street value of more than £1 million from a warehouse.
The 3,000 plants were found at Woodside in Thornwood, near Epping, on Friday, January 14.
Officers stormed the premises at about 1pm and found plants in various stages of growth.
A 26-year-old man from Epping has been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and a 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of growing the plant and extracting electricity from the national grid.
They were both released on bail, to return to Harlow police station on April 1.
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