A man and teenager caught tending a 'cannabis factory' in Kingswood have been jailed. The pair, both Albanian illegal immigrants, were found looking after 160 cannabis plants when police raided the converted house in Holly Hill Road in June last year.
Kreshnik Kaloshi, 19, who was staying at the address, pleaded guilty to producing a Class B drug. The same charge was admitted by Olsi Hajrullahu, 27, of no fixed abode. The recorder Mr David Chidgey sentenced Kaloshi to nine months' youth detention and jailed Hajrullahu for eight months. He told them: "This was a significant cannabis set up."
David Maunder, prosecuting, told Bristol Crown Court when police raided the premises they found the electricity supply had been bypassed, artificial lighting and five growing areas with 160 cannabis plants. He said plants were at different stages of growth and each plant had potential to yield 500g of cannabis.
