POLICE discovered a cannabis farm spread over four floors when they carried out a morning raid.

Officers from three units, including the Rumworth Neighbourhood Team executed a drugs warrant at an address in the Mayor Street area today.

Two men were arrested and taken into custody.

Pictures released by the police show the scale of the farm, with plants in various stage of growth.

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A spokesman for GMP Bolton South said:"A cannabis farm was found, spread over four floors of the property, with two males arrested and in custody awaiting interview."

The raid comes just weeks after police discovered 250 cannabis plants at a property in Deane.

They seized the plants from the house in Tavistock Road, near to Queen's Park.