Police have discovered cannabis at an abandoned shop unit in Northfield.
Officers locked down the unit at Byron Square to carry out a search in the early hours of Tuesday.
Forensics teams were seen arriving on scene in the afternoon alongside officers who were camped out at the back of the premises.
One officer was seen throwing high-intensity lightbulbs into a skip.
A young couple, who live nearby, told The P&J they heard police trying to gain entry at around 3am this morning.
They woken up by the sound of “loud banging”.
“The place got raided at around three in the morning,” one said.
“The noise of it woke me up, I was like ‘fits going on?’
“But I have no clue what’s happening, the police haven’t been to see either of us.”
Police raid Byron Square shop in Northfield
The second resident added: “I go to work at 3am and all I heard was this huge bang with them trying to break in, then a police van came flying down the road.
“They’ve been there since.
“It was that loud that we thought it was someone at our door.”
Police were searching a disused unit at the shopping arcade which is understood to have once been a William Hill betting shop. It closed down several months ago.
At the scene on Tuesday evening, officers were seen carrying items out of the premises in evidence bags.
A police spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a quantity of cannabis found being grown at a property on Byron Square in the early hours of Tuesday, October 15.
“Inquiries are ongoing.”
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