Police allege young children lived inside Sydney drug house

Police allege three young children were living at house in Sydney’s south-west being used as an illegal drug lab.

The Mount Pritchard home was raided by police at 8.45am and police allegedly found two rooms being used to cultivate and process cannabis.

All up, 25 cannabis plants were allegedly seized, along with eight kilograms of cannabis head.

Police allege the drugs have an estimated street value of about $120,000.

They also said three children had been living at the house, despite the drug lab.

A 40-year-old man was arrested at the scene and later charged with cultivating a prohibited plant, supplying cannabis and using electricity without authority.