Three people are to appear in court after police discovered a cannabis factory.

Officers raided a flat in Chatham Road, Maidstone, at around 4.55am on Tuesday, September 10, where they found 80 cannabis plants growing in the loft.

Two men and a woman were later charged with cultivating cannabis.

Kastriot Hoxha, 61; Luiza Hoxha, 54, and Amarildo Hoxha, 26, all from Chatham Road, pleaded not guilty when they appeared before Thanet Magistrates’ Court the next day. They were remanded in custody.

They will next appear at Maidstone Crown Court on October 7.