Keighley stone firm boss jailed over cannabis farm in WW2 tunnels

The owner of a stone firm in Keighley has been jailed after allowing cannabis to be grown in World War Two air raid shelters.

Garry Hodgkinson, 55, told Bradford Crown Court he let people run a large-scale growing operation in tunnels below the firm's premises in Keighley before continuing to grow the plants after falling out with the other men.

The court was told Hodgkinson’s business was suffering financially because of trading conditions and imports of cheaper stone.

He admitted cannabis production and was jailed for two years.

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