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23rd July 2020
Issue 1123
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A HILLSBOROUGH man who was arrested during a drugs warrant at a house in Walkley earlier this year has been jailed for two years and eight months at Sheffield Crown Court.
the property on Holme Lane on June 20.
Sergeant Simon Kirkham from the Sheffield North West Neighbourhood Team said: “The property had been at the centre of weeks of intelligence gathering by officers. Once we were inside, my Stafa Besnik, 32, was team found an elaborate detained by officers at and professional cannabis set up. The street value of the plants was around £100,000.
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“Besnik had been producing and cultivating cannabis at the property for three months, shortly after moving to the city.
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“Every room in the house was full of plants, fans and transformers – all of which was being carefully managed by Besnik.”
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Besnik, of Holme Lane, who is an Albanian national, pleaded guilty to production of a controlled drug at an earlier hearing on Monday 22nd June 2020 and was sentenced on July 17. In addition to his custodial sentence he was also
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Sgt Kirkham added: “This warrant and ultimately the sentencing of Bresnik was a result of hard work by my team but also our partners and residents. We all worked together to remove what was a huge concern for the community. “There’s no doubt that Bresnik and this setup were part of someone’s business plan, but Bresnik was fully aware of what he was doing and deserved a custodial sentence today. “I hope this result empowers people to report issues and work with us, we know this is an issue for some of our communities and we’re here to help tackle those problems.” If you suspect someone is growing cannabis in a property in your community, please call 101 or speak to Crimestoppers.
STOCKSBRIDGE SPEED CAMERA PULLS IN ALMOST £2 MILLION A SPEED camera on Stocksbridge Bypass has been revealed to be the fifth most lucrative in the UK, pulling in almost £2 million of fines. A Freedom of Information request made by The Mail shows that the camera has led to 19,607 tickets being issued to drivers resulting in £1.96m in fines. It is the only speed camera in South Yorkshire to feature in the top ten with the country’s biggest earning camera being Lea Bridge Road west in London which has issued an eye-
watering 38,234 fines raking in £3.8 million in fines. Figures show the number of speeding fines handed out has grown by more than 40 per cent between 2011 and 2018. Concerns have been raised that the primary objective of the cameras and their placement is to generate revenue. The report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services called for greater transparency over the use of cameras and their revenues.
It said: “Apparent unwillingness to support education over enforcement had led to suspicion among officers, including some at chief officer level, that the focus of activity was intended to increase revenue for the safety partnership. “They gave examples of some camera sites that they believed didn’t have a history of collisions or other identified vulnerabilities. Elsewhere, we were told that the reason enforcement took place at certain locations was that they were ‘good hunting grounds’, rather than because they had a history of collisions.”
UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN CANNABIS HOUSE
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ordered to pay a victim fine of £196 upon his release from prison.
OFFICERS in Sheffield are appealing for information following the death of a 32year-old man. Around 5.45am on Sunday July 12, police attended a house on Rockley Road in the Middlewood area of Sheffield. On arrival they discovered the body of a 32year-old man in the property. His death is currently being treated as unexplained and
enquiries to ascertain the exact circumstances of his death are continuing. A large cannabis cultivation was also discovered at the property. Officers are asking anyone who may have information that could assist their enquiries, to call 101, quoting incident number 261 of 12 July.
