A cannabis factory is up for auction in the east Midlands for around £150,000, with paraphernalia and growing equipment still in place.
A raid of a property in Mill Hill Lane, Derby, in 2019 saw 500 cannabis plants seized by police.
A spokesperson for Normanton Police SNT said: "Well as the late great Freddie Mercury once sang, another one bites the dust. "Officers from Normanton Safer Neighbourhood Team have located yet another cannabis grow with in excess of 500 plants in the Normanton area.A raid of a property in Mill Hill Lane in 2019.It is illegal to grow any part of a cannabis plant in the UK, where the drug is classified as class B.People working in cannabis factories are often the victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
It is not unusual for properties to go up for action with paraphernalia and growing equipment still in place. Auctioneers said in an honest listing of the two-bedroom flat: "The property comprises a second floor two bedroom flat situated within a mixed use building arranged over ground and two upper floors.