A STUN gun adapted to be 160 times more powerful than those used by the police was recovered when police executed a drug search warrant at an address in Accrington.

Blackburn magistrates heard the weapon was designed to deliver eight million volts compared to the 50,000 volts of a standard police issue device.

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Donna Patricia Hibbert, 48, and Gregory Craig Place, 31, both of Chester Street, were sent in custody to Burnley Crown Court charged with possessing a prohibited weapon, producing cannabis, possessing the drug with intent to supply and abstracting electricity.