An illegal, 6,500-plant cannabis grow discovered in the U.K. last year has ended with a 26-year-old man being sentenced to more than three years in jail.
Legally forcing their way into the building, officers discovered a football pitch-sized grow-op across 13 makeshift rooms. In all, there were 6,535 cannabis plants with an estimated value of millions of dollars.
“Drug experts estimated the harvest to be worth between $4.2 million and $6.2 million,” notes the police statement. “It was clear further harvests were planned, which would have been worth a combined total of between $12.5 million and $18.7 million per year, including the initial discovery.”
The man pleaded guilty to one charge of producing a controlled drug earlier this month and was handed a prison sentence of three years and two months.
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