Ifed investigation into fraudster unearths cannabis factory
An electrician who conned Zurich out of £15,000 by repeatedly reporting his work power tools had been stolen has been jailed after police officers investigating the fraud found a cannabis factory at his premises.
Kevin Turner, from Essex, was today (27 January) sentenced to 20 months behind bars at Basildon Crown Court are previously admitting to the production of controlled Class B drugs and four counts of
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