Man charged after 160 cannabis plants found in West Wellow
Hampshire officers raided a house in Crawley Hill, West Wellow on 2 November and found around 160 cannabis plants plus harvested cannabis. Mentor Beluli, 25, was arrested at the scene and charged with producing cannabis, and was due at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on 3 November.
🇬🇧 Crawley Hill, West Wellow · United Kingdom
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A man found at a house in Crawley Hill, West Wellow was arrested at the scene
during the police warrant.[1] Mentor Beluli, 25, who was listed as of no fixed
abode, was charged with producing cannabis, a Class B controlled drug.[1] He
was due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on 3 November.[1]
Hampshire Constabulary officers carried out the warrant at the house in Crawley
Hill on November 2.[1] Police said the warrant at the Crawley Hill address
took place on Monday 2 November.[1]
Inside the house, officers found around 160 cannabis plants.[1] Officers also
found a pile of recently harvested cannabis at the same address.[1] Police
described the site as a suspected cannabis factory at a residential address in
West Wellow.[1]
Daniel Wilcock, 31, pleaded guilty to five charges including cannabis possession and possession of a push dagger from offences in St Helens and Sefton on August 25. He was due to be sentenced at Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates’ Court on November 3 after an adjournment for a pre-sentence report.
Tadas Bijanskas, 34, of Navan Court, Armagh, appeared before Armagh Magistrates' Court charged with cannabis possession, conspiracy and supply alongside firearm, incapacitant-spray and criminal-property allegations. He was remanded on continuing bail with the case adjourned to 1 December, and the charges remain untested allegations.
Rowan Webster, 26, and Ollie Wilson, 22, pleaded guilty at Mold Crown Court to possessing 140 grams of cannabis and 27.2 grams of cocaine with intent to supply. The Powys men, arrested at The Garage in Forden in February 2024, are due to be sentenced on 26 November.
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.