A MAN has appeared before Newport Magistrates' Court accused of growing cannabis plants at a house in a residential street in the city.

Redon Selamaj, 28, has been charged with producing the class B drug on Summerhill Avenue on Monday, August 19.

The defendant, of no fixed abode, did not enter a plea.

Selamaj is due to appear before the crown court on September 16.

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He was remanded in custody.