Lurgan: £500,000 of cannabis discovered in the Colane Road area
Detective Inspector Conor Sweeney said it was the "most sophisticated cannabis farm I have encountered". "A substantial degree of engineering and investment has gone into the construction and concealment of this underground facility."
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