A cannabis farm almost caused a fire at an address which was home to four children, police said.

The outcome of the dawn raid was revealed in a post on social media by GMP Trafford this week.

According to the post on social media, police arrived at an address in Timperley to see a cannabis farm as well as class A drugs.

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The cannabis farm almost caused a fire at the address, which was home to four children, as its lights were supplied through an extension lead.

A man was arrested on suspicion of the production of cannabis, the possession of class A drugs and the abstraction of electricity, police said.

An investigation is ongoing, according to the post on social media.


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