Six men charged after suspected drug lab found

Six men have been charged after a suspected drugs laboratory was discovered.

Avon and Somerset Police said suspected cocaine and mephedrone were being produced at a large industrial unit in Bath Road near Bitton, south Gloucestershire.

The six men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday and were later charged with conspiracy to supply class-A drugs and conspiracy to produce a controlled class-B drug following a South West Regional Organised Crime Unit investigation.

Searches are being carried out at the unit and are expected to take several days, police added.

• 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

Khan was also charged with possession of counterfeit currency.

The defendants are due to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court later.

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