(TheDrinksBusiness) - Two men from New South Wales have been arrested for cultivating a crop of cannabis with a street value of £12m in a neglected vineyard in Victoria. The crop, the biggest found in Victoria in a decade, was discovered in a vineyard in the King Valley in northeastern Victoria on Monday morning. According to Australian regional newspaper The Border Mail, James Stammers, 65, and Alam Noor, 38, were charged yesterday at Benalla Magistrates Court where they were remanded in custody without applying for bail.

Between 4,000-6,000 almost-mature cannabis plants were found growing under neglected vines in a 35-hectare vineyard just outside the town of Cheshunt.

Divisional Tasking Unit police from Wangaratta and Wodonga joined Whitfield police and forensic officers from Melbourne to raid the property at 9.30am on Monday.