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A Wigan 33-year-old has been accused of running two cannabis farms.

Benjamin O'Shaughnessy, of Sandbrook Gardens in Orrell, appeared before borough justices charged with cultivating 128 plants of the class B drug at an address in Skelmersdale on May 11 last year and to possessing those drugs with intent to supply them.

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He is further charged with producing 60 cannabis plants at an address in Preston on December 18 2022 and to dishonestly using electricity on the same occasion. No pleas have yet been entered.

Wigan man appears in court accused of running two cannabis farms

O'Shaughnessy was released on conditional bail until he makes an appearance before a Preston Crown Court judge on November 16.