A 22-year-old man said he was 'happy to be arrested' when he was found during a raid on a cannabis grow in Rochdale.
Erald Abmetaj was arrested on December 12, 2022, during the raid at a property on Howard Street, Rochdale. He was the only person in the house which was filled with a total of 481 adult cannabis plants.
Police found that the home had been turned into a cannabis farm with various rooms containing growing equipment such as lamps, tape and foam. Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Abmetaj, who pleaded guilty 'at the first available opportunity' for being in the production of cannabis, was working in the grow in exchange 'for food and a place to stay.'
