A TOTAL of 274 cannabis plants were seized in a drugs raid in Worcester after officers sniffed them out from the street.

Three people were arrested in the raid on The Hill Avenue, off Bath Road, late last night.

Officers were issued a warrant to search the address after patrolling PCs smelt a strong smell of the drug around the property.

Various heating and ventilation equipment was also seized during the search, which took place at around 11.30pm.

The two men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of the cultivation and supply of class C cannabis and one of the men is also being questioned on suspicion of abstraction of electricity.