Police discovered four children living in a house used to grow cannabis in Manurewa this morning.
Police looking for drugs and stolen property executed four search warrants in the Manurewa area.
In one of the searches, police located 27 mature cannabis plants at a residential home which was occupied by a couple and four children.
Two of the children were pre-school aged.
Detective Senior Sergeant Ross Ellwood of Manurewa CIB says a man from the address was arrested and charged with drug-related offences.