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He was caught in the "barn house" in London, the Albanian in court: I want to go back to give the kidney to my brother!

2024-10-12 15:21:57Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
He was caught in the "barn house" in London, the Albanian in court: I
Kastriot Gega

An Albanian asylum seeker who had his claim rejected and was left on the streets in London was taken to Welshpool and told he would be killed if he left a £165,000 cannabis farm in the city centre.

Kastriot Gega, 27, jumped from the top floor window of the former County Times office to escape police when officers raided the building to find a "sophisticated and professional" facility.

Officers found 157 cannabis plants inside the three-storey building in an alley next to Greggs bakery during a daytime raid on September 3. Gega was later found by police on the roof of an adjacent property.

The estimated street value of the drugs was between £54,950 and £164,850. The Albanian national was jailed for six months after pleading guilty to manufacturing Class B drugs between August 19 and September 3.

He had said in a previous court session that "he was not aware of the consequences of my work".

Prosecutor Amy Edwards told the court that two weeks before Gega was arrested, he had met an Albanian man in London, who took him to mid-Wales.

Gega then went inside the property to water the cannabis plants but claimed he did not know what they were there for and told him he would be killed if he left the building.

Matthew Dunford, defending, said there was a "degree of coercion" when Gega, who had ended up homeless on the streets of London, was taken to Welshpool by an Albanian to become a cannabis grower.

Mr Dunford told the judge that Gegga's priority was to return to Albania as soon as possible because he has sick family members and wants to be able to donate a kidney to his brother.

Jailing Gega for six months, Judge Nicola Saffman said the 27-year-old, who had no previous convictions and an unsuccessful asylum claim to stay in the UK, was "under an obligation" to work in Welshpool.

"You played a minor role in this case," said the judge. “You were working in a limited capacity under the direction of others in the chain. There was a clear element of coercion.”

Gega will serve up to three months in custody. Judge Saffman added: “ You will be returned to your country. This is a matter for the government, not the court ."

All cannabis plants and cash found at the scene were ordered by the judge to be confiscated and destroyed.


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