Migrant caught running cannabis factory has to repay just £10 | UK | News

A migrant who ran a cannabis factory was told to pay back just £10. Fatjon Hallaci, from Albania, was jailed for five years and seven months earlier this year after admitting producing class B cannabis in Norfolk.

He also admitted other charges, including concerns about the supply of class B drugs, in connection with crimes committed in Kent in 2023, reports say. On Monday, a judge ordered Hallaci, of no fixed abode, to pay back £10 or default and be imprisoned for two weeks. The 33-year-old man was at Norwich Crown Court for a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing.

POCA allows the Crown Prosecution Service to recover and seize proceeds such as illegally obtained funds, property and assets derived from criminal activity.

Eastern Daily Press The hearing heard that profits from a cannabis factory above a former bank in Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, were around £152,000; but Hallaci was said to have assets of only £10.

Judge Anthony Bate ordered Hallaci to repay the money or default and face prison time.

Hallacı, along with the other defendant who was deported, were found by police hiding on the roof of the former NatWest branch.

According to the Eastern Daily Press, Albanian was a gardener at what police described as a “large-scale” marijuana factory.

A total of 888 cannabis plants were found in 10 rooms.