Drugs worth £90,000 seized

By The Newsroom

Published 18th Feb 2010, 21:53 BST

Updated 18th Feb 2010, 23:05 BST

POLICE have seized around £90,000 worth of cannabis after smashing a drugs production operation.

Officers from Lothian and Borders Police seized around 300 plants used to grow the class B drug after a raid on a property in Edinburgh.

Police detained a man in connection with the raid on an address in Meadowbank near to Hibs' Easter Road stadium.

A large quantity of equipment used to cultivate cannabis was discovered by police at around 4pm on Tuesday.