Man jailed over 539-plant cannabis farm in Swansea cupboard raid
Antonjo Kodheli, 42, was sentenced to eight months at Swansea Crown Court after police found him hiding in a cupboard at a 539-plant cannabis farm on Bryn Y Mor Crescent, Uplands. He had pleaded guilty to being concerned in the production of a Class B drug after officers found plants across eight rooms.
🇬🇧 Bryn Y Môr Crescent, Uplands, Swansea · United Kingdom
Police raiding a cannabis farm found a man hiding inside a cupboard.[1]The
man was 42-year-old Antonjo Kodheli, of no fixed abode, found at the property on
Bryn Y Môr Crescent, Uplands, Swansea.[2]He emerged from the cupboard with
his hands up when asked and was then handcuffed.[3]He had pleaded guilty to
one charge of being concerned in the production of a Class B controlled drug.[1]He appeared at Swansea Crown Court on Friday and was sentenced to eight
months in prison.[1]
Police found a total of 539 cannabis plants across eight rooms in the property.[1]Sgt Luke Tucker of South Wales Police said the property had continually
been used for illegal activity including drug cultivation.[1]Tucker said
money generated by cannabis farms is very commonly funnelled towards even more
serious criminal activity, which is why police act against them.[1]
Photos and video
Police still of Antonjo Kodheli emerging from the cupboard with his hands up during the Bryn Y Môr Crescent raid. Photo: South Wales Police.Photo details
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)
