Two drug dealers have been jailed after a huge cannabis farm was discovered. 

Nikolin Marku, 31, of Victoria Road, Acton, and Aleksander Gjoni, 25, of Vicars Bridge Close, Wembley, were involved in cultivating a cannabis farm in Ipswich. 

Officers stopped a vehicle in the Suffolk town on February 14. 

Police were able to link the driver, Gjoni, to an address in Cullingham Road, Ipswich. 

Officers later witnessed another man attend the address and place filled bin bags into his vehicle. 

The vehicle was later stopped and the bags were found to contain many cannabis plants.  

The driver, Marku, was arrested and later pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cannabis. 

Cannabis discovered inside an address in IpswichThe cannabis farm discovered inside an address in Ipswich (Image: Suffolk Constabulary) Gjoni was arrested at the property in Cullingham Road following a police search and the discovery of the cannabis plants.  

The court heard there were 170 seedlings at the address, with 27 large plants.    

Aleksander Gjoni and Nikolin Marku Aleksander Gjoni and Nikolin Marku (Image: Suffolk Constabulary) Marku was jailed for three years at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday (August 28). 

Gjoni admitted production of cannabis and entered pleas on the basis of being a gardener at the address. He pleaded guilty to using a motor vehicle without insurance. 

Gjoni was sentenced to nine months in prison for his role.