IT’S not every day someone finds a cannabis farm when searching for a new home, especially when the potential buyer is a police officer.

But one off-duty officer found exactly that in the garage of a house they were viewing in the Colchester district.

Following this, officers from the town’s community policing team executed a warrant at the house on Monday and confirmed there was a “fairly large” cannabis grow in the garage.

The discovery turned out to be about £20,000 worth of the Class B drug’s plants.

In a Facebook post Essex Police said: “Things you would never hear Kirstie and Phil saying on #LocationLocationLocation

"Tip of the day: When trying to sell your house and your estate agent is bringing an off-duty Police officer for a viewing, Its probably best you remove your Cannabis Grow from your Garage…… "

Police said the occupant will be spoken to in relation to cannabis cultivation offences.

Might just hinder the house sale.