Three jailed for manslaughter of man beaten over Newport cannabis factory
Cardiff Crown Court jailed three Vietnamese gang members for 23 years combined on 11 August 2008 for the manslaughter of Tran Nguyen, 44, who was beaten over a Newport cannabis factory and dumped dying at the Royal Gwent Hospital in November 2006.
Quynh Van Huynh, 51, was jailed for nine years and Thanh Van Le, 31, and Cong Van Le, 48, for
seven years each at Cardiff Crown Court on 11 August 2008 for the manslaughter of Tran Nguyen.[1][2]The three had denied murder but were convicted after a four-month trial that the judge
called a gangland punishment beating gone too far.[1]
Mr Nguyen, 44, a father of two smuggled from Vietnam in the back of a lorry, had been housed in
London and put to work in a Birmingham nail bar before being sent to tend a cannabis factory in
Keynsham Avenue, Newport as a lone ‘ghost’ grower.[1]The gang suspected him of involvement in
a rival raid on the factory, took him to London where he was beaten, then dumped him unconscious
at the Royal Gwent Hospital in November 2006.[1]
Three other men were acquitted of all charges, and Gwent Police issued a warrant for Tu Minh Le,
who had fled to Vietnam and could not be extradited.[1]
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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)
