AN Albanian man is behind bars after a house in Oakley was turned into a large-scale cannabis farm.

When police turned up to raid the property, Samir Haxhiaj made a run for it but was chased and apprehended by officers.

The 33-year-old, whose address was given as Larch Close, London, was found guilty after a jury trial at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He was convicted of two charges.

Between April 5 and June 28, 2021, at 14 Stobie Place, Oakley and elsewhere he was concerned in the supply of cannabis.

Also, between the same dates at the address in Stobie Place, he produced cannabis.

Haxhiaj claimed in his evidence that he had been “trafficked from London to a strange place” and had been left there with two other people.

Depute fiscal Douglas Thomson said the rooms of the house “were full of plants up to four and five feet high”.

There were also lights, fans and electrical facilities used in the operation.

The court was told the drugs had a potential street value of £137,000.

Sheriff Susan Duff remanded Haxhiaj in custody and he will be sentenced on August 7.