Three men who were caught red-handed setting up a cannabis farm at a property on Chorley New Road in Bolton following reports of a burglary have been jailed for a total of 12 years
Police discovered large bags of cannabis were discovered estimated to be worth between £100,000 and £200,000 when searching their house in Huddersfield following their arrest along with £11,000 in cash hidden inside a shoe box and multiple notebooks containing shopping lists relating to growing cannabis.
The trio, Roland and Klodian Matranxhi, aged 26 and 25 respectively, and 22-year-old Dashamir Rexhmati, were already on GMP’s radar after a property on Hendham Vale was raided in June 2022 and cannabis worth a street value of more than £1million was seized.
A phone recovered at the property identified Roland from numerous text messages he had sent on how to cultivate the cannabis that was in operation at the house.
The trio were in the area the day before the warrant was executed however they swiftly changed their phone numbers to evade detention.
All three men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cultivate cannabis, production of cannabis, possession with intent to supply cannabis and money laundering.
They appeared at Manchester Crown Court on yesterday and were sentenced. Roland was jailed for four years and six months, Klodian was jailed for four years and Rexhmati was jailed for three years.It
