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A 46-year-old man has been charged after cannabis with an estimated street value of about £425,000 was seized by police.

The man has been charged with possession of a Class B controlled drug and possession of a Class B controlled drug with intent to supply.

He is due to appear at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Detectives discovered the cannabis after they stopped a man in a lorry travelling from Larne Harbour in County Antrim on Saturday.

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Cannabis plants worth more than £2 million have been seized from a basement drugs farm in Leicester city centre. Two men have been jailed after police discovered what they described as a large growing operation.

The Illicit operation was discovered when police executed a warrant at a building in St James Street on Monday, November 11, Leicestershire Police said. Officers from Central NPT and Neighbourhood Teams found the operation in the city property.

Two men were subsequently charged with production of cannabis and appeared before magistrates. Both later admitted their involvement in the operation.

Milaim Karanca, 21, and Meti Trapozani, 29, both of James Street, Leicester, were sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Friday, February 7. Karanca was jailed for 26 months while Trapozani received a 20-month prison sentence.

Police said the drugs had an estimated street value exceeding £2 million. The operation was discovered following the execution of a Misuse of Drugs Act warrant.

Sergeant Joseph Culverwell from Central NPT said: “These two men operated a very large and active cannabis farm. The proactive action we took disrupted the supply of these drugs, drugs which have a destructive impact on the local community.”

He added: “We will not tolerate drugs on our streets, and we will continue to act on information received and to bring those responsible for drug offending before the courts. If you have any information about drug offending in your community, please do report it to us so that we can take the action needed.”

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Illicit snacks mimicking real-life candies include ‘Reefers’ and ‘KushKat’ chocolates

As Halloween approaches, police on Vancouver Island are urging the public to use caution after officers seized more than 120,000 cannabis-laced edibles, including chocolate and candies with packaging that mimics recognizable treats.

RCMP shared photos showing illicit cannabis snacks with names such as “Reefers” for cannabis-infused peanut butter cups in yellow and orange packaging similar to Reese’s Pieces, as well as “KushKat” chocolates in a red wrapper like a KitKat bar.

A statement from the Mounties says the contraband candies resemble professionally manufactured products, but investigators found they were produced in “highly unsanitary and heavily contaminated” modular trailers.

They say federal investigators seized the edibles while searching two dispensaries, in Port Alberni and Lantzville, and five homes linked to an organized crime group allegedly involved in distributing illicit drugs and contraband tobacco on Vancouver Island.

They say six suspects were also arrested as part of the operation earlier this month, and police are pursuing drug-related charges.

The police statement says some of the edibles had packaging with claims of medicinal properties and “dangerously high drug potency values.”

“Given the highly contaminated and unsanitary conditions of the illicit drug production facility where these cannabis edibles were being produced, it is possible that the consumption of these products can lead to serious health risks,” says Chief Supt. Stephen Lee with the RCMP federal policing program in the Pacific region.

“We urge members of the public to practice extreme caution … especially with Halloween being just around the corner.”

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