Man jailed for 30 months over £421k cannabis farm in Kilsyth

Summarised from Glasgow Times's report · Updated 19 Oct, 11:28 · Archive

Li Minh was jailed for 30 months after a jury rejected his claim he was abducted and forced to tend a cannabis farm.

Li Minh, 47, was jailed for 30 months at Airdrie Sheriff Court after a jury found him guilty of cultivating cannabis at a house on John Wilson Drive in Kilsyth. Police officers forced entry to the address on 21 February and found Minh making a phone call. They discovered 484 cannabis plants and 218 seedlings with a potential value of £421,000, along with growing equipment including a heat lamp, fan, thermometer and plant food.

Minh denied the charge and told the jury he had been sleeping rough near Glasgow Central Station when two men approached him and forced him into a car, taking him to a cannabis cultivation in Blackhill. He claimed he was being held against his will. A separate charge relating to a similar cultivation on Bargeddie Street in Glasgow's Blackhill on 26 October last year was not proven, with his not guilty plea being accepted by the court.

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• Man jailed over £421k cannabis farm after Glasgow Central abduction claimLi Minh jailed for 30 months after a jury rejected his claim he was abducted and forced to tend a £421,000 cannabis farm in Kilsyth.Glasgow Times · 19 Oct, 10:30

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