Three Albanians have been arrested within a week by police in the United Kingdom, as cannabis farms with a combined value of around £2.3 million were discovered.
Albanians have been caught in two different episodes.
Media reports that 2 Albanians have admitted their involvement in a cannabis cultivation farm.
Shpëtim Halili , 36, and Besim Velija , 63, were arrested after police raided Channel Street in March.
The court hearing was told that during a search of a former warehouse, more than 1,300 plants were found, in various stages of growth.
The total value of the cargo is estimated at between £456,960 and £1,142,400.
Both men pleaded guilty, with sentencing postponed until December 30.
Last week, a 48-year-old man was jailed for 28 months after being found growing cannabis at another facility, with an estimated value of £1m.
At the time, the combined haul – estimated by police to be worth £2.3m – was the largest ever seized in a single day in the Scottish Borders.
Petrit Musta , another Albanian citizen, pleaded guilty to class B drugs.
During the search carried out by the police, 360 plants were found in one room and another 1,000 in a larger room.
Musta appeared at Jedburgh Magistrates' Court last week.
The lawyer explained that her client had worked in Belgium in 2022 and paid £18,000 to be transported to the UK by lorry, arriving in Birmingham in 2023, where he worked illegally at a car wash.
He was offered a construction job in Scotland, but when he arrived he discovered he would be a "gardener" for cannabis cultivation.