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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 MMA champion Karlos Vemola jailed for running suburban cannabis farms 🌿MMA champion Karlos Vemola jailed for running suburban cannabis farms
One of the top cage fighters in Britain has been jailed for a year for running a series of cannabis farms with his in-laws. Karel "Karlos" Vemola, a title-holding mixed martial artist originally from the Czech Republic, was convicted alongside his former partner Sarah Sharp and her elderly parents at St Albans crown court.
The 30-year-old had convinced Linda Sharp, 70, and her partner Terrance Byman, 72, to invest in a business running at least three cannabis farms in Potters Bar and Bushey in Hertfordshire, the court heard. They had seen the venture as "an ideal way to top up their pensions".
Vemola, whose nickname in the ring is "the Terminator", had started using the drug to help with the pain he sustained from his fighting injuries, the court was told.
Police caught wind of the scheme in January 2014, after they found evidence of farming following a burglary at one...
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