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The scale and sophistication of the first underground drug factory uncovered by police in Northern Ireland has been laid bare at the trial of a drug dealer and cannabis farmer.
Mark Cavanagh (40), of India Street in south Belfast's Holylands, was given a prison sentence of five years and seven months after he pleaded guilty to a litany of drugs charges including:
- Conspiracy to produce cannabis.
- Conspiracy to possess the drug with intent to supply.
- Possession of the drug with intent to supply.
- Fraudulent evasion on imported goods.
- Converting or concealing criminal property.
The offences were committed between July 1, 2012 and May 22, 2013 and followed 12 months of surveillance by the PSNI in Co Down.
Prosecutors said officers swooped on a purpose-built subterranean cannabis cultivating complex, secretly recording suspects inside the shed talking about the drugs operation.
Downpatrick Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, heard police...
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