A 20-year-old man has admitted growing cannabis at a huge drug farm found inside a mothballed magistrates’ court.
Ilidion Brahaj, 20, of no fixed abode, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to one count of producing a Class B drug. The charge relates to the discovery of a cannabis farm with more than 1,000 plants inside the former Halton Magistrates’ Court on Northway in Runcorn, and spanning a period between but not including September 1 and November 26, 2021.
The case had been provisionally listed for trial, although this was the first time Brahaj entered a plea. Betsy Hindle, defending, said there was a basis of plea that was not contested by the prosecution, although no details were provided.
