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.”
