A third Bradford man has been convicted of his part in a multi-thousand pounds drugs conspiracy.

David Romani, 47, of Beacon Brow, Buttershaw, was found guilty yesterday of conspiracy to produce cannabis.

Terence Wilcock, 46, of Westgate Hill Street, Tong, and Lee Lupton, 47, of Jarrom Close, Cutler Heights, had already been found guilty of conspiracy to supply cannabis – Lupton by a majority verdict – after a six-week trial at Leeds Crown Court.

Wilcock was also convicted of conspiracy to produce cannabis.

All three will be sentenced at a later date, along with another Bradford man who had admitted his part in the conspiracy, Richard (Dickie) Daniels, 38, of Beechwood Road, Wibsey, and Chananjit Singh Mahal, 61, of Walsall in the West Midlands, who was convicted of conspiracy to produce the drug.

After yesterday’s final verdict, Detective Sergeant Steve Snow, of West Yorkshire Police’s Organised Crime Unit, said: “It has been a lengthy trial, following a long and thorough investigation, and we are delighted the jury has found four of the defendants guilty.

“It is a successful outcome to an investigation into a very professional conspiracy.”

The jury was told during the trial how a drugs factory was set up in the West Midlands in what was described as a “professional criminal enterprise.”

When police raided the factory, owned by Mahal, they found 1,000 cannabis plants.

Prosecutor Richard Wright told how Wilcock, a “professional criminal,” was a principal organiser in the plan to distribute £100,000 of cannabis.

Romani was implicated in the conspiracy to produce and grow cannabis and had demonstrated how to mix chemicals for growing. Lupton was the “muscle,” recruited by Wilcock.

Police kept the defendants under surveillance and intercepted the drugs consignment as it was driven north for distribution.