Police went to the home of a Crewe resident in the UK to check on his welfare after he hung up during a 999 call - and arrested him when they found a large number of suspected cannabis plants in his front room.
The abandoned emergency call was made shortly before 2pm yesterday (Monday).
Officers attended an address on Haweswater Avenue to carry out a concern for welfare check on the caller.
When they arrived they found the occupant of the property had dialled in error - however, a large number of suspected cannabis plants were discovered in the front room of the house.
A 42-year-old local man has been arrested in connection with the discovery.
Local beat manager PC Shelley Woods said: "The circumstances around this call being made beggars belief. We don′t often find people in this position as accommodating to police enquiries."
On Twitter Crewe Police said it was an ‘epic fail’:
Epic fail of the day goes to the man in Crewe who rang 999 by accident. We arrived to check he was safe... and found his cannabis farm!
— Crewe Police (@CreweNPU) June 16, 2014
