He described how police raided the Whitehaven property at 12.35pm on November 24 last year, discovering that there nine active “growing rooms” within the building, containing 1,489 cannabis plants. “The potential yield from those plants was 223 kilos, with a potential street value of £2.2m,” said Mr Evans. When brought to Cumbria, he believed he would be working on renovating the property in Whitehaven where he was placed. Tran was working at the Whitehaven property for only five days. Recorder Lawrence McDonald noted the high value of the cannabis crop but also accepted that the two men were exploited.

Source: The Star May 22, 2023 11:46 UTC