Police found 94 mature cannabis plants and about 450 cannabis seedlings after executing a warrant on land off Cranham Road, Little Waltham.

Officers from the Chelmsford, Maldon and South Woodham Ferrers local policing teams carried out the search under the Misuse of Drugs Act today, May 12, and found cannabis growing in four sheds.

The plants were seized, along with several items for forensic examination.

No arrests have been made and enquiries are continuing.

Anyone with information about suspected cannabis farms is asked to call police on 101.