Pair jailed after police uncover cannabis factory

Marjus Gashi and Albjon Kucuku have been sent to prison

Two drug dealers have been jailed after cannabis plants worth more than £300,000 were discovered.

Marjus Gashi, 34, and Albjon Kucuku, 31, were arrested on 2 May at the former’s home in Shelton Road, Stanground, Peterborough, after Cambridgeshire Police executed a warrant and found 285 plants worth up to about £240,000.

Evidence from a seized mobile phone then led officers to a house in Risby, Bretton, Peterborough, where a further 114 plants worth up to about £95,000 were found.

At Cambridge Crown Court on 16 August, Gashi pleaded guilty to two counts of production of cannabis while Kucuku, of no fixed address, admitted one count.

Hundreds of cannabis plants were found by police at two Peterborough properties

Gashi was jailed for 32 months and Kucuku for 24 months.

After the case, Det Con John Pentney said: "Cannabis factories and associated criminality can be extremely disruptive to the community.

"Anyone who believes they are living near a cannabis factory should report it to us so we can continue identifying those involved and putting them before the courts."