A drug dealer was running a "cottage industry" supplying a range of cannabis cakes and other "edibles" from his garden shed.
Officers also found a stash of cocaine in a cupboard in the kitchen where it was being kept out of sight of his mum.
Swansea Crown Court heard Sanjit Sanghera had been an active cannabis and coke dealer for more than two years, often advertising his wares and doing deals through Facebook.
Sending him to prison, a judge said told the defendant he had been naive to think dealing on the scale he had been would not come to the attention of the police.
Hannah George, prosecuting, said on May 19 this year officers executed a search warrant at the 21-year-old's Llanelli home.
Sanghera was not in the property, and when officers went into the back garden to check if he was there they noticed the door to the shed was open and there was a distinctive smell coming from within.
The court heard that in the shed officers found bags of white power and green herbal matter along with dozens of jars labelled with the names of biscuits such as Oreo Bites and custard creams. Some of the labels contained information about the strengths of the different strains of cannabis being used. In the defendant's bedroom police found "various cakes and edibles", bottles of a clear liquid which officers suspected was being used in the production of the cannabis nibbles, and some £4,200 in cash.
A search of the house also uncovered a stash of cocaine in a cupboard in the kitchen.
Miss George said Sanghera returned home while police were at the house, and he was arrested. He told officers the money they had found were his winnings from gambling, and he said he kept the cocaine in the kitchen cupboard to hide it from his mother. The prosecutor said the defendant was taken to Ammanford police station, and while undressing "a quantity of cocaine fell from his buttocks". He subsequently gave a "no comment" interview.
The court heard that in total police recovered almost half a kilo of cannabis, and 42g of cocaine from the house and from the defendant.
Messages found on Sanghera's phone and on his Facebook page showed he had been "highly involved" cannabis and cocaine dealing over the previous two years, as well as supplying cannabis brownies and other edibles along with bottles of liquid THC which is the active ingredient in cannabis.
The court heard among the notes found on his mobile were ledgers of quantities of drugs supplied and moneys received, and there was one note headed "ain't paying" which appeared to be a list of people who owned him money.
Sanjit Sanghera, of School Road, Morfa, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, had previously pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply, possession of cannabis with intent to supply, and possession of criminal property - the cash found in his bedroom - when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He had five previous convictions for 11 offences including the simple possession of Class B and C drugs, and two counts of drug-driving.
David Singh, for Sanghera, said the defendant had had the good sense to plead guilty at an early stage, and accepted a custodial sentence was inevitable. He said they were his instructions that his client suffered with anxiety and depression, and prior to his remand into custody had been living with his parents and providing care for his mother. The barrister asked the court to take into account the defendant's age when determining the length of sentence.
Judge Paul Thomas QC told Sanghera he been actively involved in selling Class A and B drugs for more than two years, and had been "effectively running a cottage industry" using his home as the base for operations. He said the defendant would have been aged 19 or thereabouts when he started, and had been naive to think dealing on such a scale would not come to the attention of the police.
Giving the defendant the required one-third discount for his guilty pleas the judge sentenced him to 32 months in prison comprising 32 months for cocaine supply offence, eight months for the cannabis supply offence, and eight months for the possession of the money all to run concurrently. Sanghera will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community.
Dyfed-Powys Police detective sergeant Andrew Clatworthy said Sanghera been a "prolific dealer in the area" and his arrest and conviction had disrupted an organised crime gang operating in Carmarthenshire.
