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Cannabis farm worth £3m found in business unit

KENT POLICE A business unit in High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, where 3,500 cannabis plants were found. A white van is parked to the left of an open garage door, and saloon car is parked in the garage entrance and a police patrol car is parked to the right.KENT POLICE
Police said they found 3,500 cannabis plants in the commercial unit

Police have discovered cannabis worth more than £3m being grown in a warehouse in Kent.

Officers followed a vehicle which they said was acting suspiciously to the premises in High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, on 10 January.

A search found the site in Chapman Way had been converted into a cannabis factory with about 3,500 plants being cultivated.

Five people have been arrested.

Novrus Ceta, 32, of Green Lane, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Bledar Sinani, 27, Tafani Shpetim, 45, Nikolla Meniku, 40, and Luan Demarku, 29, all of no fixed address, have been charged with being concerned in the production of cannabis.

They are next due to appear at Maidstone Crown Court on 10 February.

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