Two jailed over £400,000 cannabis factory

Two men have been jailed after admitting growing cannabis plants worth more than £400,000.

Ernest Gioka, 24, and Gjergj Biba, 32, were arrested after Humberside Police raided a building in New Cleveland Street, Hull, in April.

Gioka, of New Cleveland Street, was sentenced to 32 months in jail at Hull Crown Court after pleading guilty to the production of a Class B drug and abstracting electricity without authority.

Biba, of Coundon Road, Coventry, was sentenced to 36 months after pleading guilty to drugs production. He was acquitted by the court of stealing electricity.

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