Cranky cat grasses on pot-growing owner

[boulder]

In leafy Artarmon, the greenery is not confined to the garden. A cranky cat whose meows worried the neighbours has exposed its owner as a small-scale cannabis grower.

 

Cranky at having been left alone for the weekend, the tabby meowed so loudly that neighbours called the RSPCA. What they found was a fat and happy feline living among a brightly lit jungle of cannabis plants worth nearly $100,000.

 

The cat's owner, Rhonda McIntyre, 49, an unemployed landscape gardener, had turned her green thumb to hydroponic marijuana cultivation while recovering from a back injury.

 

She pleaded guilty in North Sydney Local Court yesterday to possessing an indictable quantity of cannabis and faces a maximum two years in jail and a $11,000 fine.

 

Police said McIntyre had used an apartment she lived in to grow 12 cannabis plants, which were 100-150 centimetres high, and 16 seedlings, 20 centimetres high, with a collective street value of $92,000.

 

On April 19 police searched the two-storey apartment and discovered the plants groaning with buds and housed in an illuminated storage cupboard and shower recess.

 

The rented apartment was scattered with plant-growing paraphernalia. Police found bottles of "root accelerant", propagation gel and plant food, as well as a 400-watt transformer and globes, timers, a powerboard, timber stakes, scales and bags of dried cannabis and seeds.

 

The storage cupboard, beneath an internal staircase, was covered with sheets of heavy black plastic. An extension lead ran from the kitchen to a powerboard in the cupboard, which had a small electric fan and a 400-watt lamp connected to it. Upstairs, the ensuite window and shower recess were also covered with black plastic, and a lamp hung above the shower.

 

McIntyre was arrested on May 6 after she returned from a trip away for the Easter weekend.

 

Police made the discovery after an RSPCA inspector contacted a real estate agent, who let her into the flat, an RSPCA spokeswoman said.

 

McIntyre will appear in North Sydney Local Court on December 23 for sentencing.

[wade ounce]

poor bugger. my heart goes out to her.will we ever see a brighter future?

 

wade

[white_cluster]

fuck she must have been a good grower.

 

12 cannabis plants

with a collective street value of $92,000.

400-watt lamp

 

man the cops get alot of money for the pot they sell dont they??

[wade ounce]

yeah, a story like this really pisses me off.

[skankmaster]

What i want to know is how did she grow all that with one 400 watter??????????????

[Tom]

Stupid RSPCA inspector should have kept her mouth shut, it was nothing to do with her, no more RSPCA donations from me now.

[sols]

g'day;

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Police said McIntyre had used an apartment she lived in to grow 12 cannabis plants, which were 100-150 centimetres high, and 16 seedlings, 20 centimetres high, with a collective street value of $92,000.

12 plants plus 16 seedlings = 28 plants= $3,285 per plant/seedling.

Edited November 13, 2003 by sols

[Guest Guest]

yea FUCK THA RSPCA, NOSEY MUTHA FUCKERS!

[Bag O'Turnips]

'Tis a sign of the crazy times we live in...the RSPCA should have left it at that when they saw to it that the cat was a'OK. What business were they discovering the pot plants inside the house, anyway?!?!

 

I hope she doesn't get too much of a raw deal. And there's a message out to all us cat (or dog) owners: make sure your moggy (or doggy) is alright and doesn't stir the attentions of well-intentioned yet nosey neighbours.

Edited February 12, 2004 by Bag O'Turnips

[Guest IMPOSTORStonerNON-MEMBER]

str8 out ae, the cat wos ok, the fuckin RSPCA didnt need to snoop around the yard or house, id come out n blow tha bitches head off aye, fuckin tards.