POLICE arrested a 54-year-old man after finding a large amount of cannabis at a house in Dewsbury.

Community beat officers raided the home on Ripon Road in Earlsheaton and found eight kilos of cannabis bush with a street value of more than £8,000.

They also discovered equipment used to produce cannabis, worth about £10,000.

The man has been released on bail pending further inquiries.

Anyone with information about drug dealers in Dewsbury should call the Dob In A Dealer hotline via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

People are urged to give their information anonymously.

Calls to Crimestoppers are not traced or taped and people do not have to give their names.

It is a free call and does not show up on an itemised bill.