Cannabis plants worth £2m found in Llandysul school building

At Marble Terrace, 1,500 cannabis plants were discovered in various stages of growth across two floors.

The drugs were located after police officers carried out a stop check on a car travelling through Carmarthenshire, where five suitcases of cannabis were found.

This led to further information being received and a search warrant carried out at the former school building.

Around 1500 cannabis plants were found. (Image: Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police) Detective Chief Inspector Rich Lewis said: “This was a very successful operation, which saw excellent joint working not only between a number of departments within Dyfed-Powys Police, but also with other forces.

“We are committed to making our force area hostile to those who deal illegal drugs, and our work over the weekend has seen a significant amount of cannabis taken out of the supply chain.

“The strength of evidence against the suspects led to early guilty pleas, and we now await their sentencing.”

Police officers carried out a stop check on a car travelling through Carmarthenshire where five suitcases of cannabis were found. (Image: Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police) The drug set up included a number of CCTV cameras installed around the building and the exact street value of the plants seized was £1,960,000.

Two men were arrested after it was established through enquiries they had travelled from London to Ceredigion where they stopped for a short while before leaving.

Alfred Perkola, 43, from Ealing in London and Adli Gjegjaj, 25, from Salford were charged with being concerned in the production of cannabis, with Alfred also getting charged with intent to supply.

Both men appeared on court last Saturday (July 6) and pleaded guilty.

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