A MAN has been arrested after a summerhouse in an Alway back garden was found being used to grow cannabis.

Police made the discovery on Sunday and a 58-year-old man was arrested and has been bailed pending further enquiries.

A spokesman for Gwent Police said that people should be aware of signs that cannabis is being grown.

He said that that even though buildings look normal, illegal activity could be taking place inside.

Here are some tell-tale signs;

• Strong and sickly sweet smell, which is different to the smell of cannabis being smoked • There may be a constant buzz of ventilation or large ducting tubes protruding out of windows
• Windows blacked out (either using black plastic or heavy fabric on windows, which are usually hidden by nets, curtains or blinds so as not to look suspicious from the street)
• Unsociable coming and going at all times of the day and night
• Bin bags full of vegetable material being thrown away. The stalks and roots of cannabis plants are discarded when the plants are harvested. Plant pot shaped root balls may be dumped in the garden.

If anyone has any information regarding drug activity or any suspicions about buildings in their neighbourhood, please call 101 to report it. You can also call into your local police station or speak to officers when you see them on patrol. Thanks for your support.