Two Deportations Didn't Stop Him Albanian Drug Dealer Jailed for Illegally Returning to the UK A Third Time
An Albanian drug dealer who was deported from the UK twice in three years has been jailed for breaking immigration rules by returning illegally yet again last year. Emirjon Gjuta, 34, was deported from the UK in August 2020 after being convicted and sentenced for drugs offences. He was then arrested in March 2022 for being in the UK illegally and deported back to Albania a year later, after he was sentenced for breaching his deportation order and for possessing another person's identity document. On Friday, Gjuta was sentenced to 14 months in prison at Leeds Crown Court after admitting at a previous hearing to re-entering the UK in November 2024 - in breach of the 2020 deportation order. A spokesman for the defendant claimed he had 'not fully understood' the contents of the deportation order because he had not had an interpreter in court both in 2020 and 2022. But the spokesperson added that documents signed by Gjuta confirmed he did not object to the 2020 deportation, nor did he ever seek to appeal against it. The spokesperson said it was not clear how Gjuta arrived in the UK in November 2024, but he was arrested in Leeds in September this year.
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Jailed for Cannabis Conspiracy and Identity Document Offences in 2019
In September 2019, Gjuta was jailed for four years and six months after admitting to conspiring to produce cannabis and two counts of possessing or controlling identity documents with intent. In October 2019 he was served with a decision to deport letter and signed a disclaimer not to oppose his deportation. He was then deported in August 2020.
Arrest in 2022, Eight Months for Breaching Deportation Order, and March 2023 Deportation
In March 2022, Gjuta was sentenced to eight months in prison after he was arrested for breaching a deportation order and for possessing or handling false documents. He was deported again in March 2023, the CPS said.
Official Reactions and the Third Return
A spokesman for the defendant claimed he had 'not fully understood' the contents of the deportation order because he had not had an interpreter in court both in 2020 and 2022. The spokesperson said it was not clear how Gjuta arrived in the UK in November 2024, but he was arrested in Leeds in September this year. Nick Smith, from the CPS said: 'Emirjon Gjuta had no right to remain or work in the UK and has been deported twice already. 'It's clear he does not care about the rules and has committed crimes when he's been in the UK previously. 'The CPS will continue to work with the Home Office and police forces to prosecute those who have no right to be in the country.' The CPS said Gjuta was jailed for four years and six months in September 2019 after admitting to conspiring to produce cannabis and two counts of possessing or controlling identity documents with intent. In October 2019 he was served with a decision to deport letter and signed a disclaimer not to oppose his deportation. He was then deported in August 2020. In March 2022, Gjuta was sentenced to eight months in prison after he was arrested for breaching a deportation order and false document offences. He was deported again in March 2023, the CPS said.
