A 26-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded guilty to growing cannabis worth up to £145,000.

Ardit Gjergji, of Oxford Terrace, Gloucester, admitted to the offence at Gloucester Crown Court on Friday, May 10 after a police drug raid uncovered more than 170 cannabis plants inside his home. 

Police received intelligence from the public that the property in Oxford Terrace was being used to produce the Class B drug.

On arriving at the address, they could see items used to grow cannabis through the downstairs back window and could smell cannabis coming from inside.

After gaining entry, they discovered cannabis being grown in all three bedrooms upstairs.

A total of 173 plants, with an estimated street value of between £48,440 and £145,320, was seized and Gjergji, who was in the property during the raid, was arrested on suspicion of producing the drug.

Gjergji has been remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing on Wednesday, June 12.