A man has been charged after £20,000 worth of cannabis was seized from a car driving in Norwich's NR2 area.
The car was stopped and searched in Unthank Road at 4.30pm yesterday, where police found the drug.
A man was arrested and enquiries led officers to a property where they found a cannabis farm with about 200 plants.
Following the incident Alban Bafti, 30, of Alexandra Street in Harwich, Essex was charged with possession with intent to supply a controlled Class B drug, cultivation of cannabis plants and abstracting electricity.
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He has been remanded into custody and is due to appear at Norwich Magistrates’ Court today (May 12).
The stop took place as part of an Operation Moonshot operation, which aims to stop lawbreakers using data from roadside cameras.
So far the operation has led to more than 3,000 arrests in Norfolk.
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