Massive Cannabis Farm Busted in Newport Flat
Gwent Police smashed a huge cannabis growing operation after neighbours raised the alarm over suspicious activity in a city centre flat. A raid on the property uncovered a jaw-dropping 240 cannabis plants.
Plants Found Sprouting Across Three Rooms
The November 27 raid revealed:
- 119 plants in one room
- 65 plants in another
- 56 plants in a third
Officers also seized powerful lighting rigs used to fuel the illegal crop on Commercial Street.
Grower Arrested and Slammed with Jail
Inside the flat, police arrested 29-year-old Hung Phan and confiscated two mobile phones. Phan later pled guilty to producing a Class B controlled drug at Newport Crown Court on February 12.
Phan was slapped with a nine-month prison sentence for large-scale cannabis cultivation.
