An Albanian national was found to have entered the country illegally and discovered after being arrested during an investigation into the murder of Tomasz Waga. He told police he had entered the UK on the back of a lorry.
Elton Ziu, 33, was one of a number of people arrested after Mr Waga was beaten to death while robbing a cannabis factory in Cardiff. The 23-year-old travelled to London to Cardiff on January 28, 2021, with Carl Davies with plans to break into the factory Newport Road with plants worth £120,000.
But Mr Waga was descended on by the organised crime gang responsible for the factory and beaten before his body was dumped in the street. Members of the gang Josif Nushi, 27, and Mihal Dhana, 29, were found guilty of Mr Waga's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Gardener Hysland Aliaj, 31, who discovered Mr Waga at the cannabis factory, was found guilty of manslaughter.
