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Police seize more than 500 cannabis plants

Police have charged two St Albans men after locating a large, sophisticated cannabis set-up at a factory in Fawkner on Wednesday.

Officers executed a search warrant at a factory on Leo Street about 3pm as part of an ongoing drugs investigation.

During a search of the property, police seized 566 cannabis plants with an estimated potential street value of $1.4 million.

Two St Albans men, aged 20 and 45, were both arrested at the scene.

They have been charged with cultivating a large commercial quantity of cannabis and have been bailed to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on July 30.

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