Lindley cannabis grower behind bars 24 hours after police make discovery

Cannabis recovered from a property on Burn Road, Lindley
-Credit:West Yorkshire Police


A Kirklees cannabis farmer has been jailed just 24 hours after he was arrested following a police raid.

On Friday, January 31, officers from the Huddersfield Neighbourhood Policing Team executed a warrant at a detached property on Burn Road in Lindley. There, they found a cannabis factory, which was spread over several rooms and the electricity had been bypassed.

A total of 294 plants were recovered from the property by the police.

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There, Admand Dauti, 36 and of Burn Road, Birchencliffe, was arrested and charged later the same day with production of Class B drugs. The next day, he appeared before Leeds Magistrates Court, and he was jailed after pleading guilty.

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He has now been jailed for eight months. Sergeant Caroline Loran of the Huddersfield Neighbourhood Policing team, said: "We remain committed to tackling the production of cannabis in our communities, and welcome the swift sentencing of this man.

"Within less than 24 hours of us executing a warrant and arresting him, Dauti has found himself with a prison sentence and lost cannabis which would have been worth a significant amount. All of the drugs seized from the property are now being destroyed and will not be generating income which could find its way into financing organised crime.”

She added: "I want to thank residents who continue to report criminality in their communities and promise that we continue to assess all information and intelligence.

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"Drugs production and offending is an absolute blight on communities and we continue to ask anyone who has information about such activity to contact the NPT or the independent Crimestoppers charity."

You can give information to the Huddersfield NPT by calling 101 or by going online here. Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.