Bellshill cannabis factory. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week that a former shop in Motherwell Road was transformed into a large scale cultivation.Police counted 129 mature plants and 257 seedlings with a total value of nearly £79,000.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionThey also found extractor fans, a timer, a thermometer and other items associated with growing cannabis.A bag of cannabis worth £1040 was also seized.Genti Pergjivuka, 32, was jailed for 27 months after he admitted producing cannabis on September 14 last year.Abby Seal, prosecuting, said officers went to the premises with a search warrant.
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