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Three illegal migrants face deportation from the UK after they were convicted of looking after a huge cannabis cultivation in Motherwell . ‌

A jury rejected the trio's claim that they were coerced into being gardeners by the so-called 'Vietnamese Mafia'. ‌

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that 198 plants with a potential value of £118,000 were seized when police officers raided a flat in Talisman Crescent on September 6 last year. ‌

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