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Albanian youth drama/ Art graduate in Albania, young man caught on cannabis farm in England (NAME+PHOTO)

2024-02-26 10:28:24Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Albanian youth drama/ Art graduate in Albania, young man caught on cannabis farm
Cleon Zenelli

A young man with a Bachelor of Arts degree in his native Albania was found tending to cannabis in a rented house in a rural County Durham.

Kleon Zenel's activities came to light only because of a routine check by an estate agent in Bouburn.

The agent visited the house in Clarence Street on December 14 last year and according to prosecutor Chris Morrison the defendant was found in the attic, where he was growing cannabis.

The agent called the police, who arrested the young man. 50 plant roots were found in the house, all between 1 and 2 meters high. Morrison said the electrical system was checked and it was found that the meter had been tampered with to power the operation.

Zeneli did not answer police questions about why he was there and what he was doing. The defendant, aged 24, was said to be an Albanian national and was in the UK illegally.

Prosecutor Morrison said nothing was known about his previous life, but he has no previous convictions in England.

Zeneli was found guilty of manufacturing a Class B drug and unlawful electrical connection on January 19.

Kate Barnes said that despite the defendant having completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing management in Albania, he was unable to find work in his native country.

For this reason, he decided to come to England illegally three months before his arrest, where he would have to pay those who enabled his illegal arrival in Britain.

To pay off the debt, he moved to this address and was tasked with watering and tending to the cannabis crops. Ms Barnes said the defendant was acting at the direction of others and had no financial gain other than fulfilling a debt owed to his traffickers.

Lawyer Mark McKone said the defendant was profiting financially from the operation by paying for his arrival in England to "criminals who helped him come to the UK".

He said he will likely face deportation after his conviction. Lawyer McKone said the Albanian would have faced a sentence of 21 months, but, with a discount of one-third for the guilty plea, the court gave a final sentence of 14 months. 


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