Police found cannabis in child's bedroom in Leek
POLICE found a mini cannabis factory when they went to arrest a man on an unrelated matter.
Officers could smell the class B drug when they attended Kelvin Wheeldon's home in Leek on December 8, North Staffordshire magistrates heard yesterday.
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Prosecutor Andrew Bodger said: "Police arrested the defendant for something completely different.
"The officer could smell the defendant was smelling of cannabis when they set off for the Northern Area Custody Facility.
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"Other officers carried out the search of the address.
"They went in a child's bedroom and opened a wardrobe door and found cannabis cuttings hanging and more in a shoe box.
"They could also smell cannabis in the loft area.
"They described it as an overwhelming smell of cannabis."
The court heard officers found cannabis drying out on three coat hangers.
In the loft they found two makeshift tents containing lights.
And a carrier bag with cannabis cuttings was found in the kitchen along with a set of scales.
In total police found four cannabis plants and four cropped plants.
In his police interview, Wheeldon said the cannabis was for his own personal use.
He said he used it as he had joint pain and also to help him sleep as he could not switch off at nights.
The defendant said the scales belonged to his girlfriend and were used for baking.
He added he did not supply anyone with cannabis.
The defendant, aged 28, of Prince Charles Avenue, Leek, pleaded guilty to producing cannabis.
Hamish Noble, mitigating, said Wheeldon, who has no previous convictions for drugs matters, grew the cannabis for his own personal use.
"It was cheaper to grow his own than to buy cannabis on the market and he made a decision to grow the plants," said Mr Noble.
He said there were eight plants in total and the cannabis was in his child's room as the youngster was away on holiday.
Mr Noble added that the proceedings have been a wake up call for the defendant.
Magistrates fined Wheeldon £110 and ordered him to pay £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
They also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the drugs and equipment.
Comments
by SmellySock
Thursday, January 03 2013, 1:48AM
“weak people take drugs cause they got a chit life & nothing better to do with themselves, i suggest all the drug ADDICTS who use this forum to try bowls or yoga or something else instead of FILLING UP THE DRUG DEALERS POCKETS, it causes misery the whole circle of drugs class A or B maybe a new years resolution give up the EVIL WEED , instead of promoting it like a bunch of teenage delinquents on the forums..”
by dougalcross
Monday, December 31 2012, 4:31PM
“@Warren,
You may Call Fissionchips posting "tripe" but even you cannot argue with his final words: STONERS STINK.
Ever walked near to a Majorcan club at around midnight? You can smell the sweet and sickly stench of cannabis from twenty or thirty yards away.
Hard drugs kill. If cannabis leads to hard drug usage, it must be rejected. It's a lifestyle choice. No one is forced to indulge.”
by Johntoe
Monday, December 31 2012, 1:02PM
“MORON I copied and pasted that from a site that tells you how to do it, but you know it already, thanks for all the green though, and I don't own an 'ipad' or a smart phone,”
by dougalcross
Monday, December 31 2012, 5:35AM
“My pal tells me I'm wrong to criticize or condemn the use of cannabis. He says it makes his car go twice as fast!”
by SmellySock
Sunday, December 30 2012, 11:39PM
“IS THIS THE STORY OF THE YEAR?? YAWN YAWN”
by fissionchips
Sunday, December 30 2012, 4:40PM
“by Johntoe Sunday, November 11 2012, 6:07PM
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"It's a very simple problem to address. If your computer is set to not allow cookies then the system does not recognise your IP address therefore allowing you to vote as many times as you like on any news item.
Anyone using an IPad for example can select any one of three cookie settings. IF YOU SELECT 'DO NOT ALLOW COOKIES' THEN YOU CAN CLICK AWAY TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT"
To your heart's content eh Johntoe. Nice one Johntoe the IPad manipulator of opinion.
The FACTS can't be avoided though:
CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL
CANNABIS WILL ALWAYS BE ILLEGAL
STONERS ARE CRIMINALS
STONERS WILL ALWAYS BE CRIMINALS
CANNABIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO HARD DRUGS
CANNABIS HAS THEREFORE KILLED MILLIONS
STONERS ARE DANGEROUS SCUM
Now sing the song, deep breath rising from the diaphragm……
You've got me under your skin
You've got me deep in the brain of you
So deep in your brain I'm really a part of you
You've got me under your skin
You tried so not to give in
I said to myself this humiliation will go so well
But why should you try to resist when, stoner, you know darn well
You've got me under your skin
WELL DONE!
Oooohhhhhhhhhh sozzzz nearly forgot:
STONERS STINK phhhheeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! ;-)”
by Johntoe
Sunday, December 30 2012, 2:39PM
“Ask yourselves this would you try to 'reason' or hold a 'debate' on ANY subject, with a carrot? then WHY ON EARTH do some of you keep responding to the resident one trick troll?
Can't you see you are 'arousing' him every single time you reply to him?
the first rule of internet discussion forums is,.... Do NOT feed the trolls, they thrive on winding people up, they get turned on by it, the BEST way to deal with it is to ignore it, starve it and it will leave, try it, don't reply or respond to it's posts and I guarantee that it will become more and more desperate growing more and more offensive and incoherent as it struggles and screams for attention, before finally taking it's moronic insults, lies, and half truths elsewhere, leaving the 'adults' to have a sensible debate,”
by warren-lloyd
Sunday, December 30 2012, 7:46AM
“Normal copy and paste tripe again is it Fissionchips, have you got anything in the least important to say on this or any other subject, no, well there you go. By the way, I'm not, as you put it, a Stoner, I will admit I was in the late 80's.Never commited a crime to found the habit, stopped easily when I entered a job that I felt the use of drugs might not right. I came off Cannabis right away, that shows it is non addictive,. Have you ever thought that is it was legalized, it would close a gateway to harder drug use, taking it out of the hands of scum drug dealers. I bet for one moment you have not, as that takes a moments thinking, and thinking is something you don't seem to do that much.”
by mrsensible
Sunday, December 30 2012, 1:36AM
“A couple of the commentators on here come across as being utterly bonkers. And they claim not to use drugs. They might be better off mental health-wise if they did, judging from the gibberish they're coming out with. Perhaps they have alcohol problems or something? But no matter, keep it up guys. You're making the case for legalising cannabis far better than any pro-cannabis commentator ever could.”
by fissionchips
Sunday, December 30 2012, 12:29AM
“Just how dumb can people get?
'Filthy, dangerous drugs with no regulation over what they actually contain.'
Then DON'T TAKE THEM as they serve no useful purpose and stay on the side of the law, which is designed to protect people.
But FACTS to be remembered:
CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL
CANNABIS WILL ALWAYS BE ILLEGAL
STONERS ARE CRIMINALS
STONERS WILL ALWAYS BE CRIMINALS
CANNABIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO HARD DRUGS
CANNABIS HAS THEREFORE KILLED MILLIONS
STONERS ARE DANGEROUS SCUM
Oh and in case stoners were too slow to get it:
STONERS STINK phhhheeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL.”