Arber Dashi, 27, of Bromford Rise, Wolverhampton, was sentenced to 39 months in prison at Ipswich Crown Court on 25 July 2025 after pleading guilty to being concerned in cannabis production.[1] He was the fourth member of a West Midlands organised crime group running a production line across Suffolk worth over £200,000, taking the gang’s combined sentences past ten years.[1]
The first factory occupied a three-storey house on London Road, Ipswich, converted into seven growing areas holding 373 plants, and officers raiding it in April 2024 found a man hiding in the basement.[1] A second factory in Langer Road, Felixstowe, held 81 plants and came to light after officers stopped a car carrying fertiliser and growing equipment.[1] Fingerprints and phone messages tied Dashi to both sites, and arresting officers in the West Midlands found him with a Peugeot key for a car holding pesticides and cannabis-growing chemicals.[1]
Three accomplices were already serving time: Bojken Muhametanji received 20 months while Esat Dashi and Thien Le got 33 months each in January.[1] Sergeant Dave Logan said the case showed how specialist teams had shut two large grows and taken out key members of the cultivation gang.[1]
