Police have raided a house opposite a school after they were tipped off about a number of cannabis plants.

Hampshire Police were first alerted to the plants, at a property on Waterloo Road in Freemantle, on Monday morning but according to a resident, no police presence was seen in the area until noon on Tuesday.

No arrests have been made.

One resident told the Echo said: “It was around 4 o’clock in the morning on Monday and me and my wife heard banging in the back garden."

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The resident’s home is one of many that backs on to the property in question.

He said that he saw a dark Volkswagen estate outside of the property and four men running in and out with "huge" clear bags of cannabis plants and putting them in the car.

"That is when I decided to call the police because I didn’t know if anyone had been hurt inside. Despite calling the police, I did not see any police activity on Waterloo Road until noon the next day.

"It’s right opposite of school and all you can smell is cannabis."