A HUGE amount of cannabis plants were seized during a drugs bust on Sunday afternoon. 

Gwent Police were spotted in the area around the former Lloyds Bank on Bedwlwyn Road around mid-afternoon on Sunday in a large presence. 

A post on the Ystrad Mynach Facebook group later that evening highlighted the major police presence that had been in the area, with many people commenting that there had been a strong smell of drugs at the time. 

Officers were carrying out a warrant at a disused commercial property that afternoon, and seized hundreds of cannabis plants. 

A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of cannabis cultivation as a result, and is currently in police custody. 

Gwent Police issued an official statement to the Argus, which said: "Officers carried out a warrant at a disused commercial property at around 3.25pm on Sunday 16 June in Bedwlwyn Road, Ystrad Mynach.

"Around 300 cannabis plants were seized, and 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of cannabis cultivation. He remains in police custody at the time."