Two men have been jailed after they were caught inside a huge cannabis grow in Stoke-on-Trent.

Erjon Dushaj, aged 31, and Zamir Geca, aged 34, both of no fixed address, were both handcuffed when officers went inside a commercial building on the Tunstall high street back in April.

Police found 248 cannabis plants inside and 90 lights powering them across two rooms. Combined, they had a potential yield of 13.5 kilograms.

Both men were sentenced to one year imprisonment (Staffordshire Police).

Both men were arrested and charged with drug cultivation offences after being questioned in custody.

They were sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Wednesday (3 July) to one year imprisonment after admitting being concerned in the production of a controlled class B drug (cannabis).

The men were sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court last week (Nub News).

Sergeant Chris Gifford, who worked on the case, said: "We're continuing to root out drug cultivation and act proactively against those responsible for this type of criminality across Staffordshire.

"These types of grows are often run by sophisticated criminal networks who will look to exploit vulnerable members of the community for their own criminal gain. We won't tolerate it and we're going to continue to tackle these groups as robustly as possible."

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