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Six Charged Over Suspected Drugs Lab Near Bitton

The charges kick off a court process with a days-long police search still under way at the Bath Road site.

Overview

  • Officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit arrested six suspects after a covert probe at an industrial unit near Bitton in South Gloucestershire.
  • Police say the site was used to make Class A and Class B drugs, including cocaine and mephedrone.
  • All six have been charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and to produce a Class B drug, and are due to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court.
  • Police named the men as Aaron Stevenson of Brixham, Callum Thorpe of Leigh, Samual Oram of Cardiff, Abdul Laftah of Leek, Ian Boyle of Royston, and Simon Khan of Warmley.
  • Avon and Somerset Police are still searching the large Bath Road unit in a process expected to take several days.