Three arrested after cannabis worth £500,000 discovered

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Police have made three arrests and seized cannabis with a street value of half a million pounds 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.

Three men aged 69, 55 and 27 were arrested on suspicion of the cultivation of cannabis.

The 69-year-old was further arrested on suspicion of allowing premises to be used for the cultivation of cannabis.

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.”

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