Huge drug farm found under the ground

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They held 300 marijuana plants and were accessed from an above-ground shipping container. Light and heat was provided by a generator.

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The farm held 300 marijuana plants and were accessed from an above-ground shipping container

Firemen alerted police last week when they spotted the generator while putting out a caravan blaze on the land at Leigh Water Mill Farm, near Burgess Hill, West Sussex.

There have been two suspected arson attacks at the farm in the last month, which police believe could be linked to the drugs production.

Detective Sergeant John Wallace said: "This was ingenious.

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Police swooped on the eight buried shipping containers

"I have never heard anything like it. It had been functioning to produce a significant amount of drugs.

"It appears to have been used for some period, possibly a number of years. Potentially, this find will make some sort of impact on the amount of drugs available on the street."

Neighbours said there was a lot of activity at night but assumed that was because one of the people at the farm was a lorry driver.

A neighbour said: "Thinking about it now, it does seem suspicious that there was so much going on at night."

No arrests have been made.

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An overview of the farm, at at Leigh Water Mill Farm, near Burgess Hill, West Sussex