A cannabis factory containing more than 100 plants has been closed down by police. 

Officers were making enquiries in connection with a separate incident when they came across the plants and equipment at a property in Hillcrest Road, Walthamstow. 

The plants and growing equipment was seized at around 3pm on Sunday. 

A 33-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of cultivating cannabis, and has been bailed to a date in February.