Some people complained that landlords overcharged them for the use of their properties or demanded a reduction in profits.
“Landlords in London are charging £4,000 a month for their homes. It's not worth it at all,” one person said.
Another said: 'So far I've invested £31,000 in the house, including £12,000 on the siding and £12,000 on the lighting. Will I get my money back? I don't know. The agency that rented me the house wants £9,000 when it's ready for harvest.”
Last summer, police launched Operation Mill, targeting cannabis farms in the UK. Those jailed include 34-year-old Nerd Nidri, who entered the UK illegally in 2022 and was living in Birmingham, before moving to Swansea where he worked in a car wash before being hired on a cannabis farm. It was done.
He was one of four “gardeners” arrested by police at a property in Neath, south Wales, and sentenced to a total of six years in prison in August. The two rooms and the attic had been converted and insulated to accommodate plants with a street value of £85,000.
Sentencing them, Judge Geraint Walters said cannabis farms run by criminal gangs in Albania had reached “epidemic levels” and had “become an industry of sorts” in his ruling.
He noted that while so-called cannabis “farmers” frequently appear in court, landowners and others who receive money from rents on properties used for cultivation operations rarely appear in court, adding that authorities He suggested that we should turn our attention to the rental housing sector.
