CORDON COPS SNIFF OUT CANNABIS FACTORY
Police standing on the Halland cordon, where the road was closed after the firework depot blast, sniffed out a cannabis factory at a nearby cottage.
The officers smelt cannabis as they stood at the cordon.
Their noses led to a cottage just inside the cordon and a 10pm on Wednesday night two people approached the cottage.
Police made a search of the outbuildings where they found more than 130 cannabis plants.
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Hide AdA man and woman were arrested and bailed for further enquiries.
DI Colin Dowle said: 'We have had a lot of success in dealing with cannabis factories within Wealden district and I am pleased that with officers situated right there they were able to close yet another down.'