TWO men have appeared in Newport Magistrates' Court accused of growing cannabis at a city centre music and wedding venue.

Indrit Neziri, 24, and Sardi Hasani, 30, have been charged with producing the class B drug at The Neon on Clarence Place on December 29, last year.

The defendants did not enter pleas.

Their case was adjourned to January 29.

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Both men, of no fixed abode, were remanded in custody.

The Neon is a 2,000 capacity multi-events venue which also hosts conferences.