Officers became suspicious after looking up and seeing sheeting on the windows of a fifth floor flat
Police have sniffed out one of Merseyside's biggest cannabis farms being grown in a Liverpool tower block.
Candia Towers in Everton was raided on Wednesday after a passing patrol noticed a strong smell of cannabis.
Officers found more than 2,000 plants growing in three flats on the fifth floor and discovered more in five flats on the sixth and 12th floors.
Four men found hiding among the plants have been arrested on suspicion of cannabis cultivation.
Officers became suspicious after looking up and seeing sheeting on the windows of a fifth floor flat.
Cannibis was found growing in several rooms
They forced the doors of other flats and found cannabis growing in bedrooms, bathrooms and living areas of the tower block on Jason Street.
Det Sgt Paul Jones of Liverpool CID, said: "This is an elaborate cannabis farm spread across eight separate flats with almost every room full of cannabis plants.
"There is in excess of 2,000 plants in total which would make it one of the biggest cannabis farms ever discovered here in Merseyside."
