A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis after officers executed a warrant in Southminster.

Officers from Essex Police's Operational Support Group (OSG) executed the warrant in Scotts Hill, Southminster on Monday January 22.

They found a large haul of what is suspected to be the Class B drug cannabis growing in an outbuilding.

Officers carried out a search of the property and arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of producing a Class B drug and abstracting electricity.

He has been released under investigation.