Albanian arrested on first day of "work" at Northumberland cannabis factory
An Albanian arrested on his first day of "work" at a £16,000 cannabis factory has been jailed.
Police raided a residential property at Eastgate in Choppington, Northumberland, last August and found plants growing across three rooms.
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Newcastle Crown Court heard that up to 5.6 kilos, worth £16,000, could have been produced.
Adreol Mena, 24, of no fixed address, was arrested at the scene and pleaded guilty to producing cannabis.
In his basis of plea, Mena confessed he had been offered £70 per day to "work" at the property but had completed only limited cleaning duties on his "first and only day" there.
Mr Recorder Moxon sentenced him to six months behind bars and said: "Production of cannabis creates further drugs which then cause misery to society."
The court heard Mena has already served the prison term while on remand.
The recorder said he will now be transferred either to immigration detention or released on post sentence supervision.