John Street, Church
AN ILLEGAL immigrant helped to cultivate £22,000 worth of cannabis to pay back the smugglers who got him into the country in the back of a lorry.
Ymeer Zyiali was arrested when officers found a cannabis farm inside a home on John Street, Church, in November while responding to reports of a fight.
Every room bar one inside the property had been configurated for the production of cannabis, with 55 plants with a total street value of £22,000 found inside the house. Zyiali was found in the one remaining room, which had been set aside as living quarters.
Preston Crown Court heard how the 26-year-old found himself £14,000 in debt after he was smuggled into the country from Albania in a lorry.