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A father of four found guilty of being involved in a major cannabis factory discovered in a historic network of tunnels has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Jason Whiley had denied growing more than 800 cannabis plants in a section of the sprawling Drakelow Tunnels between Kinver and Kidderminster.
But a jury found him guilty of being concerned in the production of cannabis with a street value of about £650,000 in October.
Yesterday, Whiley was given a jail sentence of two-and-a-half years at Hereford Crown Court.
Whiley, of Thorns Avenue, Brierley Hill, had claimed he had been employed as a labourer by a friend to clear rubbish and debris from the tunnels, which cost about £1 million to build when they were first opened during the early 1940s.
Hundreds of plants in the main room were found under specialist lighting on timers
The 41-year-old had denied the charges after he...
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