Deported Albanian found at Leeds house with £100,000 of cannabis

They raided his home after spotting him on CCTV hiring cars

An illegal immigrant previously deported from the UK was found at a house in Leeds with a huge stash of drugs.

Gjergj Ndoja was at the property in Seacroft with more than 20kg of cannabis and a large block of amphetamine, stemming from a police investigation into hired vehicles.

The 31-year-old was jailed at Leeds Crown Court after admitting breaching a deportation order, two counts of fraud by false representation, two of dealing in Class B drugs, possession of false ID and possession of criminal property.

Prosecutor Zanisha Herbert said police had been looking into vehicle rental fraud in April when officers spotted and recognised Ndoja on CCTV at a hire garage.

Ndoja (pictured) was jailed for six years.placeholder image
Ndoja (pictured) was jailed for six years. | WYP / YEP

He had used false ID to hire cars. He was jailed in the UK previously and deported in October last year.

Raiding his property on Ramshead Crescent, they found him in bed. A search of the property unearthed vacuum-packed dried cannabis with a street value up to £100,000.

They also found the amphetamine in the freezer worth around £6,500, and large sums of cash around the property.

During a police interview, Ndoja gave a prepared statement saying he was pressured to return to the UK by criminal gangs.

Mitigating, Vincent Blake-Barnard said Ndoja had returned to the UK hidden in the back of a truck heading to Dover.

He said Ndoja was expected to recoup the money the gangs said he still owed.

He added that Ndoja had a partner in the UK and that "one day he hoped to live a normal life".

The judge, Recorder Nicholas Lumley KC, gave him a six-year jail sentence.

He will likely be deported once his sentence is served.

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