The £400,000 haul of cannabis plants seized in Magherafelt this week in a makeshift drugs factory
TWO men aged 40 and 50 have been charged with a range of offences including cultivating cannabis, possession of class B drugs and possession of class B drugs with intent to supply.
They are also accused of unlawfully abstracting electricity to help run a cannabis factory.
The charges follow the seizure of cannabis, with a value in excess of £400,000, from a cannabis factory in Carricknakielt Lane, Magherafelt on Tuesday of this week.
The 50 year old man has also been charged with offences including cultivating cannabis, possessing class B drugs, possessing class B drugs with intent to supply and abstracting electricity in connection with the discovery of a significant cannabis factory in the Mullanmore Road area of Carrickmore on 17th September 2014.
The men are expected to appear at Derry Magistrates’ Court today.
As is usual procedure the charges will be reviewed by the PPS.