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Police raided a cannabis farm then sent a cheeky tweet inviting the growers to get in touch.

The officers bagged up 150 plants at a house in Queens Road, Loughborough, then tweeted: “Has anyone come home to find all their cannabis plants missing? Don’t panic, we have them.

“Please get in touch with us, we would love to speak to you about them.”

Police posted the tweet, on the official Charnwood Police twitter account, after being tipped off that there might be cannabis growing in the property.

The tweet was liked more than 90 times and retweeted 24 times.

The tweet was accompanied with a photograph showing an officer loading a bag of cannabis into a police van full of bags of the plant.

A Leicestershire Police spokesman said: “On Wednesday 4 March police attended a property in Queens Road, Loughborough, following a report that there may have been a cannabis grow inside.

“Officers entered under section 17 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and found more than 150 cannabis plants. No occupants were present at the property.

“The plants have since been recovered and inquiries are ongoing.

“No arrests have been made at this time.”