Photo: Rob KiddA man who used every room in a Dunedin flat - including the roof space - to grow cannabis has been jailed for two years and four months. When police raided the Union St address – in the city's student sector – on July 13 last year, they found 353 plants at various stages of maturity. Crown prosecutor Richard Smith said it was a hugely significant grow which could have yielded nearly $500,000. On July 11, a window of the house was broken in an unrelated incident and plants were moved into the roof space. Pattison reported issues with depression and anxiety, for which he used cannabis to self-medicate.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2021 03:22 UTC