A 68-YEAR-OLD Lower Clarence man found in possession of marijuana with a street value of more than $160,000 has faced court.
Geoffrey Hills appeared in Maclean Local Court on Friday for sentence after pleading guilty to supplying between an indictable and commercial quantity of marijuana for financial gain, cultivation of a prohibited plant between a small and an indictable quantity and dealing with the proceeds of crime.
The court heard that officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District executed a search warrant on Hills’ Lower Clarence address on July 7 this year, where 44 marijuana plants were found, including 16 large plants and around 4.1kg of marijuana leaf, all with an estimated street value of $160,000. Police also found $9400 in cash, which Hills admitted was from the sale of the drug.
Hills’ solicitor Greg Coombes submitted that while court documents describe the set up as a hydroponic operation, it lacked the sophisticated watering systems required for such a…
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