Two cannabis growers are behind bars after police raided a Cambridgeshire property undergoing renovation.
“Is there actually any cannabis? Is it at the back?,” asked one of the police officers as they entered the property.
“So, it’s through is it?”
To which one replied; “Yeah. I’ve actually been living here. Go further up. And lift that thingy up, plastic thing. There’s everything there.”
Both men were arrested, and one gave police a tour of the premises, showing them where they had been sleeping and preparing meals; it wasn’t a pretty sight.
At Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday both were jailed following the discovery of the cannabis factory in Warboys which police estimate was worth £360,00.
A member of the public called police on 26 August after finding two men and a cannabis factory inside their renovation property in the High Street.
Police went to the scene and using descriptions of the men, located Denis Zani and Leonard Allka in the village.
Zani, 39, and Allka, 42, both of no fixed address, were sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to production of cannabis and abstracting electricity without authority.
PC Edward McAuley, who investigated, said: “There were around 300 plants inside with a street value of around £360,000. There was also clear evidence that the pair had been living inside the derelict property for some time.
“We urge members of the public to continue reporting suspicious activity to us so we can continue to tackle and dismantle cannabis factories and make clear to criminal groups that our county is a hostile environment for them in which their trade is neither welcome nor tolerated.”
Anyone with information about a potential cannabis factory or drug dealing can contact police online or call 101.
