Eight jailed after posing as electricians to divert power to UK cannabis farms

Criminals dressed as utilities repair teams dug up roads to access cables to power industrial-scale drug production

A group of eight criminals who dug up roads and diverted electricity to cannabis farms run by organised crime gangs have been jailed by a judge in Liverpool.

The criminals used a legitimate company as cover and pretended to be workmen who were digging up the roads to repair utilities in a sophisticated operation", according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).