A police officer has been sacked after cannabis plants and a half-smoked joint were discovered at her home. PC Amy Byrne pretended not to live at the Dartford address she shared with her boyfriend when officers came across bags of the class B drug, cannabis seeds, and plants being grown with a specialist hydroponics tent. However, it was the registered address with her employer, British Transport Police, and letters addressed to Byrne were also found at the home.

At a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, Byrne was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed from the force. In a subsequent search of her property, they found multi-coloured “deal bags” including some containing drugs, a “half-smoked cannabis joint”, and two cannabis plants. Byrne was dismissed without notice for gross misconduct, before her resignation came into effect.