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'Desperate' man who came to UK in back of lorry began growing cannabis to pay off debt to people smugglers

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Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A 'desperate' Albanian national began working at a cannabis farm to pay off a £20,000 debt to people smugglers, a court heard.

Arman Selamaj came to the UK in the spring of this year in the back of a lorry. Without a job or a place to live the 24-year-old sought work from his fellow countrymen at a café in Manchester, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

He was offered a role and a home tending a crop at a cannabis farm at a house on Parkville Road in Prestwich. READ MORE But on June 3 this year police raided the property and found most of the house had been set aside to grow 'skunk' cannabis..

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