Six men have been charged following the discovery of a suspected drugs laboratory near Bitton where it is believed class A drugs, including cocaine, and class B drugs, including Mephedrone, were being produced.
They were all arrested as part of a South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) investigation in the early hours of Thursday 26 March. Police were continuing to search the large industrial unit on Bath Road, as the Voice went to print.
The search was expected to take several days.
The six are: Aaron Stevenson, 30, from St Mary’s-with-Summercombe, Brixham; Callum Thorpe, 23, from Leigh, Greater Manchester; Samual Oram, 39, from Cathays, Cardiff;
Abdul Laftah, 48, from Leek, Staffordshire; Ian Boyle, 32, from Royston, Hertfordshire; Simon Khan, 46, from Warmley, South Gloucestershire
All were charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs and conspiracy to produce a controlled drug of class B. Khan has also been charged with possession of counterfeit currency. They were due to appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on March 28.