A cannabis factory has been shut down in Leamington Spa, after a unit was raided by police last week.

Leamington detectives from the Force Serious and Organised Crime Team raided the unit on Althorpe Street as part of a wider NCA operation on Tuesday 15 July.

Police also helped the NCA raid an address in Tanworth in Arden, seizing over 900kg of cannabis and then a further 500kg in storage in Shenstone.

Two men arrested in connection with the investigation, Peter Stride, aged 44, and Aaron Asbury, aged 37, were charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis.

Stride from Tanworth in Arden was also charged with conspiring to export Class A drugs and conspiring to import Class A drugs.

37-year-old Aaron Asbury, from Drakelow in Burton upon Trent, was also charged with conspiring to import Class A drugs.

Both men have been remanded in custody, and are scheduled to appear before Warwick Crown Court on 14 August.