Three men sentenced over large Carrickfergus cannabis farm
Laganside Crown Court sentenced three men over a large cannabis farm found in the Carrickfergus area: Edward Cambridge and Samuel Harrison to 18 months in custody plus 18 months on licence, and Connor Harrison to a suspended six-month term, after police found more than 100 plants and a cultivation system.
🇬🇧 Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland · United Kingdom
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Sentenced
3
Prison
18 months in custody and 18 months on licence; six months suspended for 18 months for the third defendant
Three men admitted drug offences at Laganside Crown Court over a large-scale
cannabis farm uncovered in the Carrickfergus area.[1]
Edward Cambridge, 52, and Samuel Harrison, 64, pleaded guilty to cultivating
cannabis, possessing a class B controlled drug and being concerned in the
supply of a class B controlled drug.[1]They were sentenced to a total of
18 months in custody and 18 months on licence.[1]
Connor Harrison, 23, pleaded guilty to offering to supply a class B
controlled drug and being concerned in an offer to supply such a drug.[1]He was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 18 months.[1]
Police had searched premises in the Carrickfergus area and found more than
100 cannabis plants and a cultivation system.[1]Welcoming the sentences,
Detective Inspector Corrigan said information from the public was crucial to
tackling drugs and removing suppliers from the streets.[1]
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Sentenced
3
Prison
18 months in custody and 18 months on licence; six months suspended for 18 months for the third defendant
Callum Roper, 22, of Holton Road, Barry, was jailed for 30 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting offences involving the supply of cannabis and magic mushrooms. He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of both drugs between 3 December 2025 and 14 September 2026 and had been remanded in custody awaiting sentence.
Bolton Crown Court sentenced seven members of three linked drug gangs that trafficked cocaine and cannabis between Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and North Wales. Five men received prison sentences of up to eleven and a half years, while two couriers received community orders and two leaders await later sentencing.
Daniel Thompson, 36, was found with 8,223.6 grams of cannabis resin, valued at up to £35,950, when officers searched a house on Moss Side Lane in Rixton in July 2023. Chester Crown Court gave him a nine-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and 100 hours of unpaid work after he admitted possessing the resin with intent to supply and possessing cocaine.
Sentenced 1Cannabis 8.2236 kgPrison 9 months suspended for 12 months
Bradford Crown Court jailed Alfie Leahy, 21, for five years and Connor Broadbent, 26, for three years and four months over drugs found when police raided two homes in the Holmewood area at dawn on 17 July 2026. Cannabis was seized at a Grayswood Crescent address and cocaine, cash and jewellery at Dawson Street; police put the total street value of the drugs at more than £22,000.
Charged 2Prison 5 years (Leahy); 3 years and 4 months (Broadbent)
