A 48-year-old man has been charged with illegal cannabis cultivation following a raid on a South Oxford house.

Police officers called at the flat in Salter Close, off Whitehouse Road, shortly after midnight, this morning.

Police said that about 50 plants were seized during the raid.

David Johnstone, 48, of Salter Close, has been charged with cultivation of cannabis.

He was released on police bail until a hearing at Oxford Magistrates’ Court next Thursday.