Two admit running £1 million cannabis farm in Northallerton
Aldo Gjeta, 27, and Emanuel Bushi, 28, pleaded guilty at York Crown Court to producing cannabis at a disused Standard Way industrial unit in Northallerton that police said could yield £1 million in street deals. Both were remanded for sentencing on 27 November.
🇬🇧 York Crown Court · United Kingdom
- Arrested
- 2
- Charged
- 2
- Value (official estimate)
- GBP 1,000,000
Aldo Gjeta, 27, and Emanuel Bushi, 28, both of no fixed address, appeared at
York Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing and pleaded guilty
through an interpreter to producing cannabis.[1][2] Their cases were adjourned
until 27 November, when they will be sentenced.[1][2]
Both men had been arrested in September, when North Yorkshire Police found a
cannabis growing factory in a disused industrial unit on the Standard Way
industrial estate in Northallerton.[1][2] Officers found so many plants in the
unit that they estimated it could produce enough cannabis to sell for £1 million
in street deals, the force’s valuation.[1][2]
Both men were remanded in custody after their arrest and were further remanded
in custody after entering their guilty pleas.[2]
Sources
- Two Men Plead Guilty Following Discovery of £1 Million Cannabis Farm in Northallerton. Cannabis Insider, 27 October 2026.
- Pair guilty of producing cannabis at £1 million drug farm. Gazette & Herald.
Open questions the AI reported
- Neither account gives the date of the plea hearing; 27 October 2026 is the publication date of the Cannabis Insider report.
- No figure for the number of plants found in the unit was published.
- The sentence due on 27 November 2026 had not been reported at the time of writing.
- No photograph verifiably showing this farm was recovered; the published pictures show police vehicles at industrial buildings.
