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UK: Cannabis grower spared jail

Ilford Recorder

Thursday 26 Jun 2003

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A BRICKLAYER who turned a friend's bedroom into a cannabis factory was
spared jail after a judge accepted the 30 skunk plants were for personal use.

James Da Silva, 32, of Grantham Gardens, Chadwell Heath, installed a
sophisticated growing system in the roof to cultivate the super strong
marijuana.

When officers raided the flat in Stour Road, Dagenham, in February
following a tip off, Da Silva led them to his makeshift factory.

Fining him £500 at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday, Judge Alan Simmons
ordered the drugs be destroyed.

Piers Walker, prosecuting, told the court: "Police went to the address and
found Mr Da Silva there with another man and noticed a strong smell of
cannabis."

Nicholas Wells, in mitigation, said the father-of-two only intended to grow
the cannabis for his own use.

 

 

 

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