A judge condemned international Drugs gangsters for human trafficking when he jailed a “humble” farmer caught tending a large-scale Bradford cannabis factory.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Vietnamese national Truong Van Nguyen: “I regret that your dreams have been shattered but you involved yourself in serious crime.”

Nguyen was the second illegally trafficked Vietnamese man in two days to be imprisoned for the production of cannabis in the city.

Each was jailed for 18 months amid news that West Yorkshire Police found the highest number of cannabis factories of any police force in the UK in the last year.

On Tuesday, Nham Van Pham, 41, was locked up after he was arrested when police raided a cannabis factory in Norwood Road, Frizinghall, Bradford.

Yesterday, Nguyen, 22, was imprisoned by the same judge.

He pleaded guilty through an interpreter to producing cannabis at a four-bedroom house in Donisthorpe Street, West Bowling, Bradford.

Prosecutor Stephanie Hancock said the house was rented for cash by a Vietnamese woman last October.

On May 20, police found 942 cannabis plants with a potential street value of £148,000.

Electricity was being illegally abstracted to light high-powered lamps.

Nguyen was hiding in the attic. His basic living arrangements included a sleeping bag, microwave oven and portable gas stove.

Miss Hancock said deportation documents had been served on him.

His barrister, Tahir Khan, said he was vulnerable and succumbed to temptation.

Judge Durham Hall said Nguyen, who came from humble origins, was smuggled into the country and had hoped to better himself.

“The problem is that you fell, along with many of your colleagues, into the grip of established gangsters who brought you to this city to work as a gardener in the production of skunk cannabis.

“This activity only ends in disaster for those who involve themselves in it,” the judge said.

After the case, PC Dave Jackson, of the Bradford District Drugs Team, said tip-offs from members of the public were helping to close down cannabis factories.

He said: “We are having some notable success in removing cannabis farms from the streets of Bradford, which has been recognised in the latest figures to be released nationally.

“These latest sentences are an indication of the determination of the police and our partners in removing drugs from the streets of Bradford.”