Man forced to work at Telford cannabis farm to pay back people smugglers is jailed
A 23-year-old Albanian man who claimed he was forced to work as a gardener at a Telford cannabis farm to pay back the people smugglers who got him into the country has been jailed for 14 months.
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Bujar Zemzardja was alone in the property in Bishopdale, Brookside when police executed a warrant on November 25 last year.
They found Zemzardja in a downstairs room, while four upstairs rooms contained cannabis plants of varying maturity, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard on Monday (January 13).
Ms Alexa Carrier, prosecuting, said in total there were 206 plants found in the property, with a street value of around £173,000.
