Sheffield Crown Court has repeatedly heard cases involving foreign nationals and often illegal immigrants who have come to the UK – sometimes hoping for a better life – but for a variety of different reasons have found themselves working as ‘gardeners’ at cannabis farms in converted properties.
Some have felt forced to resort to such criminality to ensure a roof over their heads and an income and others have even found themselves needing to pay back debts incurred for their illegal entry into the UK or for the care of relatives in their home countries.
But judges have made it clear that those who enter the country illegally and get involved in drugs and criminality will face prison sentences and deportation.
Some have felt forced to resort to such criminality to ensure a roof over their heads and an income and others have even found themselves needing to pay back debts incurred for their illegal entry into the UK or for the care of relatives in their home countries.