{"id":130,"date":"2025-08-18T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/the-yard\/?p=130"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:34:38","slug":"20-year-old-sentenced-for-63-plant-bust-of-ashington-cannabis-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/the-yard\/2025\/08\/18\/20-year-old-sentenced-for-63-plant-bust-of-ashington-cannabis-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"20 year-old sentenced for 63-plant bust of Ashington cannabis farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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20 year-old Amenano Kurti was arrested for his role in maintaining a ‘well-established’ cannabis farm on Milburn Road, Ashington.
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After being arrested in the drugs bust of a ‘well-established’ cannabis farm on Milburn Road, Ashington, 20 year-old Amenano Kurti from Albania was sentenced at Newcastle\u2019s Moot Hall<\/a> on Wednesday the 6th August.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his arrest on the 28th May for his role in maintaining a ‘well-established’ cannabis farm at a property on Milburn Road in Ashington, Mr Kurti pleaded guilty and has since been held in custody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court heard that the 63 plants growing in the property could have produced up to around 5kg of cannabis, worth up to \u00a315,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, following his sentencing, Mr Kurti will be released in a short number of weeks, having served the majority of his sentence while in remand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes as the number of residential cannabis farms in rented properties is becoming a growing problem for landlords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, for example, figures showed that around 90%<\/a> of the cannabis used in the UK was supplied from farms operating from rented homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Wood reports from outside Moot Hall following Mr Kurti\u2019s sentencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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