Police swoop on ‘drugs lab’

Six men have been charged following the discovery of a suspected drugs laboratory on Bath Road 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 March 26.

The six are: Aaron Stevenson, 30, from Brixham;  Callum Thorpe, 23, from Leigh, Greater Manchester;  Samual Oram, 39, from Cardiff; Abdul Laftah, 48, from Staffordshire;  Ian Boyle, 32, from Hertfordshire; Simon Khan, 46, from Warmley.

 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.