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UK: Cannabis smokers extol the virtues of ‘grow your own’ Jordan Day Ely Weekly News Friday 31 Jul 2009 Andrew Billimore, 43, and Vicki Gray, 51, were caught with more than 80 cannabis plants in their back bedroom. The couple said it was better they grew their own than supporting drug dealing. Police officers also discovered heat lamps, timers, an irrigation system and other items used for growing the class B drug when they swooped on their rural property in Little Downham, Ely, on April 27. Laura Mardell, prosecuting, told Ely magistrates: “The back door was open when they arrived but nobody was there. Officers started their search, which is when they found 83 cannabis plants in the back bedroom. There were also lamps and timers used to assist the growth of the plants. “A small amount of herbal cannabis resin was also found in the kitchen. It would be difficult to estimate the street value of all the drugs because the plants were all at such different stages of growth.” In police interview, the pair admitted they had been growing cannabis and that they had a “heavy dope addiction”. The couple, of Lawn Lane, also pleaded guilty to producing a controlled drug of class B at the hearing on Thursday. The bench heard that in September 2000 Billimore was jailed for 20 years, of which he served six years and seven months, for supplying and possessing cannabis. Gray had also been jailed for 10 months. Unrepresented in court, Gray said: “Some people drink and some people smoke dope and I am a dope smoker. We were growing it purely for our own use, which I think is better than supporting these young drug dealers out on the streets.” The Rev Michael Matthews, presiding magistrate, said: “This is a high number of plants. Having all of this in your home is extremely serious and you could quite easily be sent to prison.” The case was committed to Crown court and the pair were released on unconditional bail. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_elynews/displayarticle.asp?id=438105
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