A drug courier who claimed he was "doing a favour for a friend" was found carrying up to £15,000 worth of cannabis. He was caught red-handed by the police with the drugs in freezer bags as he left a house.
Feriz Arifaj, 52, was discovered with the cannabis by an officer on patrol in Cwmbran on June 12. At 1.30pm the officer saw a black Mercedes, in which the defendant was a front-seat passenger, driving in Chapel Street and entering Cae yr Ebol,
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday heard Arifaj left the car and entered a house in Chapel Street but left two minutes later carrying two "heavy-laden" Aldi freezer bags. As he observed the defendant the officer could smell the aroma of cannabis.
