Alfred Perkola, 44, from Ealing in London, was jailed for three years and nine months and Aldi Gjegjaj, 25, of Salford, for three years at Swansea Crown Court on 26 February 2025, after both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cannabis.[1] On 4 July 2024 Dyfed-Powys Police stopped two vehicles travelling together just after the M4, a Volvo and a hire van, and found nearly 100 kg of cannabis worth about £1 million inside, along with mobile phones.[2][1] GPS data from a tracking device on the van led officers to Marble Terrace in Llandysul.[1]

At the address stood the boarded-up three-storey Hen Ysgol Gynradd, the old primary school, smelling strongly of cannabis.[1] Inside, officers found a sophisticated setup with living quarters and around 1,500 plants in various stages of growth across two floors, watched over by CCTV cameras.[2][1] Police put the total street value of the bud and plants seized at up to £1,960,000.[2] Detective Chief Inspector Rich Lewis called it a very successful operation built on joint work between departments and other forces.[2] DC Steve Thomas said the sentences were an excellent result that had taken nearly £2 million of drugs out of a supply chain bound for the streets.[1]