Kettering man gets 26 months over 221 cannabis plants
Marjon Rexha, 40, was sentenced to 26 months at Northampton Crown Court on 5 October 2026 after pleading guilty to producing cannabis. Police had found him with 221 plants in five rooms and a garage on Rothwell Road, Kettering, on 21 May. The court also dealt with his return after deportation to Albania.
🇬🇧 Rothwell Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire · United Kingdom
Marjon Rexha, 40, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 26 months in prison at Northampton Crown Court on Monday 5 October 2026 after he pleaded guilty to producing a Class B drug.[1][2]Recorder Cameron Crown ordered the term, the forfeiture and destruction of the drugs, a £228 surcharge, and deportation to Albania again.[2]
Officers from the Kettering neighbourhood team had forced entry at a house on Rothwell Road on 21 May 2026 under a Misuse of Drugs Act warrant.[1]Rexha was upstairs in the living quarters, the only person in the house.[1]They found 221 cannabis plants at different stages of growth in five rooms and a garage.[1]Custody checks showed the Albanian national had entered the UK in breach of a deportation order.[1]The court heard he had been deported in July 2024 and had come back on a date that was not known.[2]He was charged with production and with that breach, appeared at Northampton magistrates’ court the next day, and was remanded until the crown court.[1]
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A police composite published by the Telegraph shows Marjon Rexha beside cannabis plants under grow lights.Photo details
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Sentenced 1Cannabis 8.2236 kgPrison 9 months suspended for 12 months
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Charged 2Prison 5 years (Leahy); 3 years and 4 months (Broadbent)
