Two charged over £51,000 cannabis farm

TWO Vietnamese men have been arrested and charged after a cannabis farm was discovered by police in the Capital.

The men, aged 28 and 39, were expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday to face charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Following inquiries, a house in Silverknowes Eastway was entered and searched at around 9:35am on Thursday. A total of 342 plants were seized, with an estimated value of 51,000.

Three cannabis farms every weekare being busted by police in the Lothians with more than 1.5 million worth of plants seized in the past nine months alone.

A total of 10,000 plants were recovered from the cannabis farms between last April and January, with arrests being made in about 95 per cent of raids.

Many of those arrested are low-level figures hired as "gardeners" to grow the plants by other members of organised crime groups.