WATCH: Police raid Warwick cannabis farm and man sentenced to 18 months in prison

By James Smith

9th Oct 2023 | Local News

Kledi Muca was found at the cannabis farm during a police raid (image via Warwickshire Police)
Kledi Muca was found at the cannabis farm during a police raid (image via Warwickshire Police)

Footage from Warwickshire Police shows the moment officers raided two cannabis farms in Warwick.

Kledi Muca, 20 of no fixed abode, was sentenced today (9 October) to 18 months in prison for the cultivation of cannabis at a grow on Pattens Road - following one of the raids.

Following a tip off from locals about fan noise and vehicles coming and going in the early hours, officers visited the house and discovered a garage containing growing equipment.

Officers said the property also smelled distinctly of cannabis.

Utilising Section 17 of the PACE Act 1984, officers gained entry to the property, and quickly discovered around 45 plants in the early stages of development.

The property was set up with pots and equipment ready for the large-scale production of cannabis - although it was caught before it could produce any saleable product.

The electricity was also found to have been bypassed, necessitating a visit from an engineer to make the property safe again.

Muca was found inside the property and arrested.

In his interview, he alluded to his placement in the property having been organised through a larger criminal entity. 

PC Brewster said: "Cannabis grows give gangs the goods needed for them to grow larger, more influential, more powerful, more dangerous to the communities they parasitize.

"On Pattens Road, we got there in time – we're confident any larger organisation gang made a loss on the materials for this farm, as it did not reach the stage of true production or profitability.

"This was thanks to a community sick of encroachment from criminal elements who decided to say: no more."

Muca will also be required to pay a surcharge of £187.

     

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