SIX people will be sentenced today for their part in a massive cannabis growing operation.
Ly Tran, aged 27, Tu Nguyen, aged 35, Anh Nguyen, aged 20, and Tai Lam, aged 33, all from Weaver Chase, Stoneclough, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce cannabis along with Huong Nguyen, aged 22, of no fixed address, at Bolton Crown Court at the end of last month.
Son Myugen, aged 38, of no fixed address, had admitted his role at a hearing in February.
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The Vietnamese nationals were arrested in November last year when police raided five homes in Bolton, as well as addresses in Burnley and West Yorkshire.
Police seized hundreds of plants as well as cultivation equipment, chemicals and electrical items, with a total estimated value of more than £500,000.
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