A cannabis cultivation was found inside the building of a former Dundee pub, it has emerged.
Police have launched an investigation after the discovery, understood to have been made in the former GJ’s Bar and Diner premises on Mains Road.
The plants were recovered on July 29, but details have only now emerged.
GJ’s Bar and Diner has been closed since November 2020, when landlord Andrew Hendry became the first in Tayside to lose his licence for breaching coronavirus restrictions.
Police at pub for several days after discovery
Locals told of seeing police in and around the former pub for several days after the class B drugs were found.
One resident said: “The whole incident was just very weird.
“The police were here for so many days.
“Officers were standing guard at a black gate on Mid Road and there were various comings and goings.
“Electricians were getting signed in by police, scenes of crime officers arrived, there was a load of activity.
“Given this was going on for this length of time I feared something worse had happened.”
One man, who asked not to be identified, said the incident had been the “talk of the Hilltown”.
He said: “The officers were positioned on Mid Road and CID were there for a period as well.
“There was a uniformed officer there within a small courtyard beyond that black gate throughout that time.
“The pub has been closed for so long but I had seen it getting painted recently, I thought it might be reopening soon.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 1.15am on Friday 29 July, police were made aware of the discovery of a cannabis cultivation at an address on Mid Road, Dundee.
“Officers attended and a quantity of cannabis plants were recovered from the property. Inquiries remain ongoing.”
