Minshull Street Crown Court heard. They also found that electricity to the house had been illegally bypassed to support the growth of the 12-week-old plants.In the kitchen, officers also found snap-bags containing cannabis blush, drug paraphernalia including scales and a replica BB gun, which he was not charged with.An officer described the loft as a ‘good, established set up of a cannabis farm’.The financial yield of the farm was estimated at £11,900.
Following a police interview, Jacques, of Rochdale, admitted the drugs belonged to him and said he had a bad back and used it for ‘self medication’.
In an earlier hearing the painter and decorator pleaded guilty to the production of class B drugs, possession of class B drugs and dishonestly.
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