$1200 fine for drugs grower

[Indycar]

$1200 fine for drugs grower

 

4th September 2010

 

A FORMER helicopter pilot who maintained a hydroponic cannabis crop has avoided a jail term but copped a significant fine for his part in the crime.

 

Steven Robert Scotney, of Toowoomba, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court to possessing and producing dangerous drugs and receiving tainted property

 

Police attended a Bucca farm part-owned by Scotney on April 16, after they had tracked a GPS device in a stolen generator.

 

Police prosecutor Sergeant Barry Stevens said officers noticed a suspicious-looking shed that had no windows, with air-conditioning and ducts protruding from the outside walls.

 

Scotney and his co-accused were held while police entered the shed, where they found a “sophisticated hydroponic set-up” with 128 marijuana plants that ranged in size from 5cm to 50cm.

 

Sgt Stevens said the plants were in starter pots and that fertiliser, empty pots and a watering system were found.

 

Defence lawyer Christine Delaney said her client had suffered from depression after a workplace accident in which he fractured his spine in 2001.

 

She said Scotney’s role in the operation was to maintain the plants.

 

Ms Delaney said the defendant had been attending Drugarm in Toowoomba to help with his drug issues.

 

Magistrate Neil Lavaring fined Scotney $1200.

Source: Bundaberg News

 

Police attended a Bucca farm part-owned by Scotney on April 16, after they had tracked a GPS device in a stolen generator.

I guess it pays to check equipment over for GPS devices if you have intentions of knocking off gear for a grow.

[MongyMan]

Yea karma is such a bitch, serves them right they got busted imo.

 

 

Peace MM

[Syb3 rm3nt41_%20]

, I think the key to a successful hydroponics grow system is probably the lacking of stupidity. If you are to grow in such a system, its worth investing in. Safety and security always number one concern. Karma's a bitch and we all have to pay. uhhuh, i am a roadman for the laws of karma.

 

Peace n Pot,

 

If the words life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness doesnt include the right to freely experiment with ones own consciousness .... then the declaration of independence isnt worth the HEMP paper it was written on. - Terence Mckenna, RIP 01'

[Sylar420]

sounds like another case of lack of security to the grow and yea steeling a generator brought them bad Kama , a shed with no windows and ducting hanging out the walls? come on how stupid are they!

[The Hash Nibbler]

I didn't realise that Dumb and Dumber had a new sequel out, wonder if it will be 3D, sweet. Dumb-asses. Gh72