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Man charged after drugs worth £1m found in raid

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Pills worth £1m were found at the property in Whaplode St Catherine

Drugs worth more than £1m have been found at a "suspected pill factory" at a village in rural Lincolnshire, police said.

Officers raided the house in Cranesgate North, Whaplode St Catherine, on Wednesday and found pill presses, powders, and drugs including diazepam and anabolic steroids.

A 47-year-old man has been charged with supplying and producing anabolic steroids and class C drugs, Lincolnshire Police said.

A 33-year-old woman was arrested and released on bail pending further inquiries.

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One of the force's police dogs helped in the raid

'Significant risk'

Police said they were still working to establish the number of pills found but expect it to be in the high thousands.

Acting Det Sgt Helen Morris said anabolic steroids sat in a "legal grey area" between a medicine and a banned recreational drug.

"Stopping the manufacture of these drugs has removed a significant risk to the public," she added.

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