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Roman Le Sentenced to Six Years for Running Organised Cannabis Network

A multi-agency probe uncovered eight grow-houses across Britain that produced cannabis worth millions through forced migrant labour.

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Overview

  • Roman Le was sentenced to six years and two months by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court on July 30.
  • Co-defendants Yihao Feng and David Qayumi pleaded guilty and began serving sentences totalling six and a half years after a July 4 hearing.
  • Authorities uncovered eight residential and commercial grow-houses across the Midlands, the North West and Lincolnshire linked to Le’s network.
  • The operation produced cannabis worth millions of pounds in sites concealed by scaffolding and staffed by exploited Vietnamese and Albanian migrants.
  • The National Crime Agency, with support from West Midlands, Lancashire and Humberside police, has declared the cross-regional investigation complete.