FOUR men have been charged after a cannabis factory was dismantled in Birkenhead.

The raid on the 'multi-level' factory on Bentinck Street took place on Thursday, October 10 and saw around £650,000 worth of cannabis plants seized.

Officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SW ROCU) then arrested four men from Bristol near the M53 later that day.

Thirty large bags of cannabis were also seized from two vans during the arrests.

The four men have now been charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis, they are: Edi Daka, 45, of Dudley Court; Eno Suma, 34, of Bishopsworth Road; Arjan Dishmima, 41, and Mario Fioruci, 36, both of no fixed abode.