A man who tried to run away from a cannabis grow when police knocked on the front door in Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed.

Samjir Hoxha, aged 33, was inside the building at the time when officers turned up and looked through the letterbox in November last year.

Police found more than 70 cannabis plants inside a house in Hartshill (Staffordshire Police).

When officers got to the house on Princes Road, Hartshill, Hoxha tried to garden hop away but was quickly detained and arrested at the scene.

Six rooms inside the building were being used to grow cannabis.

Police found more than 70 plants, 100 growing lamps and a number of extractor fans, as well as dangerous cabling that was being used to power the grow illegal through a bypass.

Samjir Hoxha, 33, admitted producing cannabis (Staffordshire Police).

When he was taken to custody for questioning, Hoxha admitted producing cannabis and was charged with the offence.

He appeared at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Wednesday (6 March) and was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

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