Vo Van Quang, a 43-year-old Vietnamese national, was sentenced to 17 months in prison at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on 25 September 2026 after admitting producing cannabis at a house on Birch Drive in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.[1][2]

Police Scotland said officers acted on intelligence that cannabis was being grown at the address on 17 February 2025 and went there the following day, smelling the drug before forcing entry.[1][2] They found a large cultivation on the upper floors and in the loft, where Quang was also found.[1][2] The Crown said 366 mature plants were seized, along with either 128 or 188 immature plants depending on the account.[1][2] Police estimated the total potential street value at about £372,540.[2]

Defence solicitor John Hardie told the court Quang had been exploited and worked as a “labourer” at the lowest level of the operation, aware of what he was doing but not of its criminality.[2] Sheriff William Summers said the gravity of the offence left no alternative to custody; he would have imposed two years but for the guilty plea and time already spent in custody, and fixed the term at 17 months.[1][2]