Van Tran (35) and Thieu Nguyen (31) were found by police at the factory at Sawtry Business Park in November.
Tran, of no fixed address, was described as a ‘professional gardener’ who earned ‘significant sums’ and engaged in ‘repeated harvests at multiple locations’. He was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison.
Nguyen, 31, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Along side the two cannabis gardeners, a number of other crooks – including drug dealers, sex offenders and thieves – were all locked up for crimes in and around Peterborough last month.
These are not all the people jailed – just those that Cambridgeshire Police have released an image of.
5. Hiwa Mohammed
Crack cocaine and cannabis dealer Hiwa Mohammed (26), of Cambridge Avenue, Millfield, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and cannabis, as well as being in possession of criminal property, namely £4,460 in cash. Photo: Police
6. Michelle Blades
Prolific shoplifter Michelle Blades stole more than £250 worth of items from a Peterborough filling station. Blades (42) of High Street, Fletton, was jailed for 24 weeks, which includes the activation of two suspended sentences from September last year and February, and ordered to pay £100 in compensation. He had admitted the seven thefts and being in possession of heroin Photo: Police
7. Tanveer Chowdhury
Tanveer Chowdhury was described as being a man with a “highly dangerous attitude towards women” who controlled his girlfriend’s life “to the point of misery." Chowdury (22) of Desborough Avenue, Stanground, pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm (ABH) and assault by beating, and was jailed for five years and eight months Photo: Police
8. Safa Lawan
Drug dealer Safa Lawan was found with cocaine and more than a thousand pounds in cash on him when he was stopped in Peterborough. Lawan (22) of Barnard Road, Norwich, was jailed for two years and two months after admitting possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession of criminal property, and being concerned in the supply of cocaine Photo: Police