Man cultivated cannabis in secret section of shed
A LLANSAMLET man who was found growing cannabis in a secret section of his shed has been sentenced.
Drugs were found in the home of Christopher Lee, aged 42, after police raided his home with a search warrant.
When officers arrived, Lee was inside with his family, and in the house at Glan y Wern Road, Llansamlet, they found cannabis and a bag containing a white substance, later identified as amphetamines.
Officers then searched the shed and behind a false wooden wall found six cannabis plants.
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The plants, with lighting and watering equipment, could have produced three crops in a year, a specialist drugs officer said.
In total they could have made between £8,000 and £10,000 of drugs each year, he added.
Lee pleaded guilty to producing cannabis, possessing amphetamines, possessing cannabis and supplying amphetamines.
Lee pleaded guilty at Swansea Magistrates' Court on a basis of the prosecution facts, saying he had possession of the drugs for his own use and was producing cannabis to save money.
He said he had sold amphetamines to friends but also said that that was not to make money.
More drugs belonging to him were found in a second garage, magistrates heard.
Probation officer Kerry Williams prepared a report on Lee before his sentencing by magistrates.
Lee told her he took drugs on a regular basis but did not see his drug use as problematic.
Magistrates then made him subject to a community order and told him to complete 200 hours of unpaid work.
Lee was also ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 in costs.
Comments
by PoetPeter
Saturday, March 09 2013, 7:49AM
“We need to stop this stupid and unwinnable war against cannabis. It is causing far more harm to our communities than it prevents. If we had a properly regulated system of production and supply we'd have no more illegal and dangerous cannabis farms causing fires. Instead we'd have thousands of new jobs. We'd have no more dealers on the streets. Cannabis would be available to adults only through licensed outlets and we'd have some control over the THC and CBD content.
Doctors would be able to prescribe one of the most effective medicines that has no serious side effects at all. At the moment the government has given GW Pharmaceuticals an illegal monopoly on cannabis so they make millions out of a medicine that you can grow in your greenhouse for virtually nothing.
If we introduced a legally regulated system we would solve nearly all the problems around cannabis. Science proves how much safer it is than tobacco, alcohol, prescription medicines and all other recreational drugs. If anyone does have a problem with it they could get help without having to confess to a crime.
CLEAR published independent, expert research last year which shows that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion per annum.
It is a scandal that our government, our judges, our courts, our police and our newspapers keep misleading us about cannabis. Find out the truth for yourself and wake up to the lies you have been told.”