Two charged following Miners Rest drug warrant

Police have charged two people after cannabis was located at a property in Miners Rest this morning, Victoria Police say.

Members of the Ballarat Divisional Response Unit executed a warrant at a property on Howe Street about 8.30am.

Over 330 cannabis plants were located inside the house.

A 26-year-old St Albans man and a 21-year-old Sunshine West woman who were inside the property at the time were arrested.

Both have been charged with cultivate commercial quantity of cannabis, possess cannabis with intent to traffick, possess cannabis and theft of electricity.

They have been remanded in custody to appear at Ballarat County Court on 2 February, 2017.

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