Man was living in £200k cannabis factory

A MAN living in a massive cannabis factory tried to escape police by running along the roof of the building.

- PAUL GREAVES

Rudolf Mikli raced off wearing just his shorts, a court heard.

When he realised he could not get down, police helped him to safety and arrested him. Inside they discovered Mikli had been sleeping in the industrial unit surrounded by 228 cannabis plants in various states of growth.

He said he had been locked in and his job was to look after the plants.

Mikli, an Albanian who arrived in the country illegally in the back of a lorry, has been jailed for 12 months.