Cannabis farm ‘gardener’ gets jail term.
An illegal Chinese immigrant, who was acting as “gardener” to a cannabis farm in a cellar beneath an Edinburgh pub, has been jailed for 27 months.
The drugs factory was discovered when police, searching for a stolen computer, found 353 cannabis plants valued at between £52,950 and £150,856 in a room in the cellar area.
Ming Lee, 41, pleaded guilty previously at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to producing cannabis at the Bonnington Bridge Bar in Newhaven Road on 21 May this year.
Sentence was deferred until yesterday for reports. Lee’s defence agent, Graeme Runcie, described his client as “a drugs slave”. Lee, who arrived in Britain in 2000 seeking asylum, had been told to water the plants by “the boss”, Mr Runcie said.
Sentencing Lee, Sheriff Holligan said he took into account a number of factors relating to Lee’s personal circumstances and the nature and degree of his involvement.
bron: edinburghnews.scotsman.com
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