Cannabis grower in prison

A MAN who fled Huddersfield after being suspected of growing cannabis has been jailed.

Judge Glenn jailed Nguyen for 28 months. He should be automatically deported after serving up to half the sentence.Nguyen, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to two charges of producing a class B drug and failing to surrender to custody.He was found in possession of two mobile phones and a laptop.The court heard various rooms had been adapted for the purpose of growing cannabis and a total of 236 plants were found, with a potential yield of 8.73kg.Nguyen, 62, was arrested on May 21 after police executed a search warrant at a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Dennington Crescent.The court heard the defendant had been arrested in 2009 after 461 cannabis plants were found in a house in Huddersfield. But he did not surrender to bail and fled to Birmingham.The electricity had also been bypassed.Vietnamese-born Dung Nguyen has been jailed at Stoke on Trent Crown Court for growing cannabis at a house in Blurton, Staffordshire.Heather Drew, defending, said Nguyen was hired for seven days to act as a gardener and was arrested after four days of being there.

Judge Glenn jailed Nguyen for 28 months. He should be automatically deported after serving up to half the sentence.