A man has admitted being involved in a cannabis farm potentially worth almost £250,000 found inside a terraced Carlisle house.
Cuong Nguyen, 32, was charged after police attended the address on Crummock Street, off Wigton Road, on Friday, February 17.
Hundreds of cannabis plants were found in four grow rooms across two floors of the property.
A police drugs expert had concluded that the illegal haul could have yielded cannabis which could potentially have been worth between £82,600 and £247,800 if sold to street users of the drug.
Nguyen appeared at Carlisle Crown Court this morning. He pleaded guilty to producing a quantity of the class B drug.
It was hoped that Vietnamese national Nguyen could have been sentenced straight away for the offence.
But this plan of action hit a snag because an interpreter booked by Nguyen’s legal team was not available for the hearing. As a result, instructions could not be properly provided to his counsel during a private conference.
The hearing was adjourned and Nguyen, of no fixed address, is due to be punished for his crime next week.
In the meantime he will remain remanded in custody.
