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Three charged after cannabis worth £500,000 discovered

PSNI A white walled, orange fluorescently lit room houses a vast quantity of green cannabis plants. PSNI
The plants had been discovered at a property in the Colane Road area

Police have charged three men after cannabis with a street value of half a million pounds was seized in Lurgan, County Armagh.

The large quantity of the Class B drug was seized from an underground facility at a property in the Colane Road area of the town on Tuesday.

A 55-year-old and 27-year-old have been charged with cultivating cannabis and are expected to appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

Meanwhile, a 69-year-old charged with cultivating cannabis and permitting the production of a Class B controlled drug on premises will appear at Craigavon Magistrates' on June 27.

Detective Inspector Conor Sweeney said it was the "most sophisticated cannabis farm I have encountered".

"A substantial degree of engineering and investment has gone into the construction and concealment of this underground facility."