Man jailed after police raid ex-fish and chip shop

It wasn't the whiff of a fat fryer police smelt when they raided a former fish and chip shop. The second and first floor of the property had been set up as a cannabis factory and they discovered 300 plants.

Inside the premises they also found Edison Alezeneli, who has been now been jailed for a year. The 20-year-old appeared at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday where he was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to the production of class B drugs (cannabis) and using electricity without authority.

The court heard that in June police raided an address on Winwick Street, Warrington. The ground floor of the property had previously been used as a fish and chip shop but was no longer in use and remained locked. Through one of the locked doors that led up to the first floor, officers found a propagator in the kitchen containing 117 cannabis plants inside.

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On the second floor, officers found 42 bags of soil and a further 204 cannabis plants at various stages of growth spread across two rooms that had been converted to grow cannabis plants on an industrial scale. Officers also found Alzeneli in the property's living area and swiftly arrested him.

Alzeneli, of no fixed address but of Warrington, was subsequently charged with the production of class B drugs (cannabis) and using electricity without authority.

Police Constable Jen Harrison of Cheshire Police said: “This is a great result which has enabled us to remove a significant quantity of cannabis from Warrington's streets.

“This address had been converted into a sophisticated cannabis farm, with specialist lighting and ventilation systems to