The High Court in Glasgow jailed three Vietnamese men for two years each on 16 October 2007 for their part in a cannabis factory in Cambuslang capable of producing up to £1 million worth of the drug every two months.[1][2]

Tu Trinh, 26, Long Pham, 22, and Quang Nguyen, 21, had each paid about £3,000 to enter Britain hidden in the back of lorries to work on the farm, which Chinese gangsters had set up in a rented house.[2] They were convicted of being concerned in the supply of cannabis between 7 and 12 January at a house at 106 Elder Crescent, Cambuslang.[1][2] The court heard the factory had already produced between £70,000 and £200,000 of cannabis and was being prepared to yield £1 million at the end of every eight-week growing cycle.[1]

Farm labourers for a wider network

The trial judge, Lord Uist, told the three that others stood to gain much more from the operation but that they were the farm labourers whose essential work got it under way, and he recommended all three be deported to Vietnam at the end of their sentences.[1][2] During the trial the jury heard of Jian He, also known as Xiao Fan Yang, said to be one of the main targets of the police Operation League drive against Asian-run cannabis farms; he had admitted producing cannabis at four rented houses in Cambuslang and Glasgow and was due to be sentenced later that month.[1][2]