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A judge apologised to an Albanian cannabis farmer for jailing him on the day he turned 33, telling him: 'I hope there will be more pleasant birthdays in the future.'
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I → apologise → future
Agim Cjapi was inside a building in a Cumbria market town when police raided it, discovering a crop of drugs worth up to £440,000, a court heard.
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court → raid → drugs
The 'sophisticated' cannabis factory was equipped with lights and irrigation, with plants growing in multiple rooms.
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factory → equip → rooms
After being taken into custody, Cjapi claimed he was merely the 'gardener' acting on instructions from a criminal gang, with a court hearing he was 'eager to return home' to Albania.
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he → take → Albania
He admitted cannabis production at Carlisle Crown Court where Recorder Anna Vigars KC imposed an immediate 20-month prison sentence on Friday, his 33rd birthday.
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Jailing him, she told Cjapi: 'I am sorry that this hearing has had to take place on your birthday.
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'I hope there will be more pleasant birthdays in the future.
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Cjapi was inside the building in Kirkby Stephen's Market Square when police raided it on July 1, the court heard, discovering 293 cannabis plants.
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A judge apologised to Albanian cannabis farm 'gardener' Agim Cjapi (pictured) for jailing him on the day he turned 33, telling him: 'I hope there will be more pleasant birthdays in the future.'
Cjapi was 'gardener' at this 'sophisticated' cannabis factory hidden inside a building in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria - but a court heard he is now 'eager to return home' to Albania
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They were in various stages of growth, including seedlings,' prosecutor Tim Evans said.
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He described it as a 'sophisticated' cannabis factory with 'lights and soil and water'.
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The estimated potential street level yield value of the crop – had the plants reached full maturity – was at £439,000.
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plants → reach → 439,000
When arrested and interviewed, Cjapi said he had been in the UK for around a year and had been at the property for several months.
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His earnings, he said, would pay off the debt he had accrued to travel to this country.
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He said he sent £200 a month back to Albania to look after his elderly father, who was unwell.
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who → say → father
Defence lawyer Andrew Gurney, mitigating, told the court: 'In essence the defendant was a gardener.
'He was smuggled into the UK, incurring a significant debt.
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'He was aware of threats of violence if he did not comply by undertaking any tasks he was directed to do.
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he → comply → tasks
'This included working on building sites, and various car washes in the UK, until he was taken to Market Square.
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His passport was retained by his supervisors and he lived in squalor at Market Square where he tended to the plants as directed.'
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Mr Gurney said Cjapi had not received 'any significant remuneration'.
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'He wasn't benefiting from the direct sale of the cannabis — nor did he have any control of direction on those above him.
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Recorder Vigars said Cjapi was likely to serve around a third of the term in custody, and she understood that arrangements for his deportation would be made 'from an early stage'.
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