This is the moment a drug kingpin was arrested after pretending to be a property developer to set up a cannabis empire, which included transforming a former Coventry nightclub into a huge weed farm. Roman Le, aged 37, from Birmingham, has since been convicted after he ran a gang operating at least eight farms in residential and commercial properties - including the Big Bamboo Club, previously Trinity's, but arguably best known as the Silver Sword,
Le sourced the properties by posing as property developer, buying or renting them. In some cases scaffolding was put up around the buildings, making it look like building work was taking place, to disguise the real use.
He worked with co-defendants Yihao Feng, aged 29, from Manchester, and David Qayumi, aged 36, from Birmingham, to operate the