The head of a gang who posed as a property developer to run a multi-million pound network of cannabis factories has been jailed.
Roman Le, 38, from Birmingham, headed the group who ran at least eight farms in residential and commercial properties across the UK, as well as a storage facility housing both equipment and harvested cannabis.
Le sourced the properties by buying or renting them and, in some cases, put up scaffolding around the buildings to make it look like building work was taking place, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
He was jailed for six years and two months at Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday having been found guilty of conspiring to produce cannabis.