A cannabis gardener found cultivating drugs at a factory in Yorkshire was later found producing weed at a second site in Wales after being released from a detention centre. The potential street value of the drugs he was in charge of was around £200,000.
Petrit Gasi, 32, was arrested by police at a cannabis factory in Maesteg on July 6 after officers forced entry into a two-storey house at 7.50pm. The living room and two upstairs bedrooms had been converted into growing rooms while Gasi slept in a small box room.
A total of 161 cannabis plants were seized and equipment was found such as lighting, fans and ventilation. A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday heard the estimated yield of these plants was between 4,508g and 30,224g with a street value between £18,000 and £70,200.
