He said that when arrested Bardhi tried to claim he had won the cash on football bets.
Bardhi, who had the help of an Albanian interpreter in court, admitted being concerned in the production of cannabis, concealing criminal property and being in possession of a false ID document on November 21, 2018.
The court hear at the time of his arrest he had been on bail for production of cannabis in the Wolverhampton area, for which he was later jailed for nine months.
Sentencing him to 33 months in jail, Judge Katharine Moore said he was in a middle manager role: "You acted under direction of others."