Man jailed after cannabis plants starting growing through wall of house into next door

26-year-old Tu Ba Dien has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to producing Class B drugs.

Police were alerted to the Sandfields property after cannabis plants were found to have started growing through a wall into a neighbouring address.

Officers found that all three bedrooms, as well as the attic, were being used to grow cannabis.

Tu Ba Dien was sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Sergeant Carys Pudner from South Wales Police said: “Tu Ba Dien was the only person found at the address during the drugs warrant, but as is always the case, he is just one of many people involved in the network enacting this illegal trade.

“It hasn’t paid off for him – he will lose the next year to a prison term.”

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Kit Peters

Kit Peters is a journalist and the editor of Swansea Bay News, covering Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire since 2020.