A man who left Birmingham to work as a cannabis farm “gardener” has been jailed.
Hai Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, was rumbled by police while living in a terraced property in the North East.
The 21-year-old left Brum for Teesside, where he was found to be living with 270 plants with an approximate street value of up to £228,000.
Police attended the property after an anonymous tip off that a drug farm may have been inside, reports TeessideLive.
The 21-year-old, of no fixed address, appeared at Teesside Crown Court on Tuesday via video link from HMP Durham to be sentenced for production of cannabis.
Shada Mellor, prosecuting, said police went to the property on November 8 and found Nguyen alone on a settee.
“Two bedrooms and a loft had been converted for the production of cannabis”, Ms Mellor, said.
Plastic sheeting had been erected along with “extraction equipment”.
Plastic bags with “discarded cannabis material” and “exposed wiring” were also found.
“It was clear the electricity meter had been bypassed”, Ms Mellor added.
The court was told that the approximate street value of the cannabis in the property was valued between £76,000 and £228,480.
Ms Mellor said Nguyen told police an “unknown male” had offered him a job and he lived at the address for free and would be provided with food.
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A man who left Birmingham to work as a cannabis farm “gardener” has been jailed.
Hai Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, was rumbled by police while living in a terraced property in the North East.
The 21-year-old left Brum for Teesside, where he was found to be living with 270 plants with an approximate street value of up to £228,000.
Police attended the property after an anonymous tip off that a drug farm may have been inside, reports TeessideLive.
The 21-year-old, of no fixed address, appeared at Teesside Crown Court on Tuesday via video link from HMP Durham to be sentenced for production of cannabis.
Shada Mellor, prosecuting, said police went to the property on November 8 and found Nguyen alone on a settee.
“Two bedrooms and a loft had been converted for the production of cannabis”, Ms Mellor, said.
Plastic sheeting had been erected along with “extraction equipment”.
Plastic bags with “discarded cannabis material” and “exposed wiring” were also found.
“It was clear the electricity meter had been bypassed”, Ms Mellor added.
The court was told that the approximate street value of the cannabis in the property was valued between £76,000 and £228,480.
Ms Mellor said Nguyen told police an “unknown male” had offered him a job and he lived at the address for free and would be provided with food.
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