A MAN has appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court charged with growing cannabis at an ex-funeral parlour.

Ali Kasa, 27, is accused of producing the class B at the former Co-op undertakers on Limekiln Road in the Abersychan area of Pontypool.

The prosecution claims he did so between January 1 and March 4.

Kasa, of no fixed abode, is due to appear before the crown court on April.

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The defendant was remanded in custody.