Two men arrested after police raid alleged Aberfeldy cannabis cultivation

Two men have been charged after a report to police about an alleged cannabis cultivation in Highland Perthshire.

Officers swooped on a derelict building on Crieff Road in Aberfeldy on Wednesday afternoon.

Police officers kept up their investigations on Friday with officers and dogs present at the old church in Crieff Road (unknown)

The building where the raid took place is a derelict church close to Breadalbane Academy.

The police presence remained throughout Thursday with multiple vehicles and officers at the scene.

Officers with dogs were seen there on Friday lunchtime and a police car kept watch at the school entrance.

Officers have arrested but not charged two men in their 20s.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 4.30pm on Wednesday, February 17, officers received report of a cannabis cultivation within a premises on Crieff Road in Aberfeldy.

“Officers attended and two men aged 28 and 25 years were arrested.

“Enquiries are ongoing.”