New photo Moment sacks of £1million cannabis haul are dragged out of Britain's 'biggest drug factory'

Sacks full of cannabis were dragged out of Britain's 'biggest drug factory' by police who found the substance hidden in tunnels at a disused quarry.

An estimated £1million haul of the drug was removed from a farm near Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire.

Police in protective suits and masks were pictured clearing the plants from the caves of an abandoned limestone quarry.

An estimated £1million of cannabis was dragged out of Britain's 'biggest drug factory' by police

Officers in protective clothing and masks were seen removing large amounts of the drug from caves underneath the abandoned limestone quarry

Teams of officers entered the underground tunnels to pack the Class B drug into bright plastic bags before loading them into a police van.

One officer, wearing a gas mask, was even pictured holding a brown bag full of cannabis as he walked out of the quarry.

The dark tunnels were discovered after a group of explorers noticed electricity trailing into the caves three years ago.

Teams of officers entered the caves to pack the Class B drug into bright plastic bags before loading them into a police van 

Detectives unearthed the cannabis factory, hidden deep inside the vast maze of underground tunnels, on Thursday after a search warrant was executed

But one of the adventurers said he was threatened with a baseball bat after being accused of breaking in.

Detectives unearthed the cannabis factory, hidden deep inside the vast maze of underground tunnels, on Thursday after a search warrant was executed.

The tunnels form part of a former limestone quarry covering about 10 acres or 40,000 square metres.

The tunnels form part of a former limestone quarry covering about 10 acres underneath a Wiltshire farm

Officers began exploring the mines after uncovering the drug den and said they are still discovering more places where cannabis was being grown.

Police said: 'We are not sure how big the factory is because there are ­significant safety issues.'

Inspector Nick Mawson added: 'Locals are likely to see police presence as officers gather evidence.

'This work is anticipated to carry on into next week due to the size of the location.'  

In 2015 a group of explorers reported that the site had been closed for years, 'but recently we found it wide open. Not only open, but the electricity and lights were on.'

One explorer claimed he had been 'physically assaulted by some thug wielding a baseball bat, who accused them of breaking in'. 

Sources say the farm at Bethel Quarry near Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts, could dwarf the previous biggest, found in an unrelated case 26 miles away at the former Chilmark nuclear bunker last year. 

Wiltshire Police waited for the tunnels to be made safe before they could investigate further

Equipment including gas masks and rubber gloves were found in the quarry alongside the drug haul 

Two beds were found in the lengthy tunnels and two Albanian men have since been charged

Three men were jailed after police officers found 4,425 plants in 20 rooms with the potential to generate a £1.25million-a-year crop at the bunker. 

There are extensive mines and quarries in the Wiltshire Cotswolds that date back centuries and have been repurposed for everything from storing million pound bottles of vintage wine to a centre for British intelligence communications. 

The mine complexes stretch from near Corsham and the famous Box Tunnel, down to near the town of Bradford on Avon. 

Huge metal drums in the disused factory were forgotten for years after the quarry closed in 2010

The quarry used to tore equipment in World War Two and later became a mushroom farm

Wiltshire police investigated the 10-acre site with a vast maze after obtaining a search warrant 

Mining stopped at the end of the 19th Century and the tunnels were used by the War Office in 1939 to store naval equipment.

The quarry used to store equipment in World War Two and later became a mushroom farm for Heinz soup, closing in 2010. 

The former stone quarry is the perfect place to grow an illicit substance due to the fact its hidden deep below ground. 

Fluorescent lights lead a path throughout the tunnels as bare cables hang dangerously down

The limestone quarry made the perfect hiding place to grow the illicit Class B substances

Tourists now flock to Bradford-on-Avon for its Roman villas. 

Its most famous resident was Antiques Roadshow host Hugh Scully, who died aged 72 in 2015. 

Alksander Shyti, 45 and Altin Deda, 39, were charged with the production of cannabis and were due to appear at Swindon Magistrates Court yesterday but interpreter issues meant it was postponed. 

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