JAILED AGAIN
Further sentence for part in drug supply operation and firearm offence
A MAN has been jailed over firearms and drugs offences after police uncovered a cannabis farm.
They found a £20,000 growing operation, including numerous plants and dangerously overloaded multi-socket adaptors, as well as a stun gun.
Officers from the ongoing Operation Scorpion organised crime crackdown welcomed the twoyear prison term handed to Richard Lewis Williams, of Bryngwran, Anglesey, on Friday.
The 32-year-old is currently in prison over his part in a violent disorder in Kent, where members of his far-right Infidels group clashed with antiracism protesters. In 2015, Williams and others were involved in a demonstration in Llangefni, where they protested against mass immigration and the alleged “Islamification of Britain”.
Judge Niclas Parry said his jail term would run consecutively to a twoyear sentence imposed last August for the violent disorder.
He told Williams at Caernarfon Crown Court: “On bail you took a risk because you thought it was worth it. You were involved in supplying a cocktail of drugs and producing your own cannabis.”
Following the sentenc- ing, PC David Heptonstall, from Llangefni police station, said: “North Wales Police welcome the sentence. Lewis was a member of an organised crime group in Anglesey and his incarceration will I’m sure bring a sense of relief to many in the local community.
“His sentence is also a message to others considering a life of crime that we will continue to effectively and robustly target drug dealers. There will be no hiding place on the island.
“We are determined to effectively target, disrupt and dismantle organised crime groups which operate in North Wales to keep this a safe place to live, work and visit”.
Operation Scorpion has taken down a number of high profile targets in recent years, including major drugs rackets in north west Wales.