The cannabis seized by police in north Belfast in March

DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Reactive and Organised Crime Branch have charged a 46 year old man with Importation of a Class B Drug and money laundering offences.

He is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court this morning for a first remand hearing.

As is normal procedure the charges are reviewed by the PPS.

It is understood the charges relate to the arrest of a man in Southampton on Tuesday of this week.

He was flown back to Belfast to be quizzed over the seizure of cannabis in the Skegoneill area of north Belfast in March this year.

A number of men have already faced court over the drugs seizure.