A married couple in their 70s have been sentenced for growing 25 cannabis plants in their Norfolk home, police have said.

Mark and Marion Ayres, aged 71 and 70 respectively, had a further 5.7kg of dry cannabis at the property in the market town of Attleborough.

The haul carried a street value of more than £46,000 and Norfolk Constabulary discovered it as part of a probe into cannabis supply in the area.

Dried cannabis plants found by police at the Ayres' home

Dried cannabis plants found at the Ayres' home (Norfolk Constabulary/PA)

The couple, of the Attleborough hamlet Burgh Common, were both arrested after the search on May 20 last year.