Mark Graham, James Simpson and Jon Dullighan received prison sentences at Mold Crown Court after admitting their roles in a cannabis production ring that dried and shipped skunk to London and Birmingham.[1] Graham, 55, of Abergele, was jailed for four years and eight months; Simpson, 34, of Old Colwyn, for four years; and Dullighan, 29, of Talacre, for two and a half years.[1]

Factory raid

North Wales Police searched three adapted units at the Tir Llwyd industrial estate in Kinmel Bay on 18 June 2010 and seized almost 4,700 cannabis plants.[1][2] Detective Inspector Iestyn Davies said the force estimated the operation’s output at more than £1 million a year in street value.[1][2] Judge Niclas Parry called it one of the biggest cannabis producers ever found in north Wales and described the site as a rolling production line.[1][2] Graham and Simpson had been involved for years and had invested in property from the profits, the judge said, while Dullighan worked as the gardener who kept the crop growing.[2] Police said a financial investigation would seek to confiscate assets under drug-trafficking law.[1][2]