Two Albanian men who entered the UK illegally and ran cannabis farms in Gloucester where they cultivated thousands of pounds worth of the class B drug have been jailed.
Andi Sela, 34, of Ceasar Close, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, Bedfordshire was sentenced at Gloucester crown court on Wednesday (April 19) to forty months imprisonment while Xhavit Nelaj, 20, of no fixed address, received an 8 months sentence.
Prosecutor Susan Cavander said Sela was stopped in a car in Cheltenham on January 23, 2022, and was found to be in possession of 455 grams of cannabis.
Judge Rupert Lowe said he was surprised that Sela had been charged only with possession of the cannabis as there was so much of it.
“That’s a big ol’ bag of cannabis! It seems pretty bizarre that Sela has only been charged with possession,” he said.
Ms Cavender responded that Sela’s phones and home address was searched and there was no evidence of him doing any dealing in the drug.
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