by Tom Walsh
A man from Louth has been handed a conditional discharge 18 months after police found 15 cannabis plants growing in a caravan in Alvingham.
Michael Caine, of St Michaels Road, was the controller of the compound where the drugs were found, but prosecutor Nick Todd stated that Mr Caine did not own the facility which was searched by officers, Louth Leader reports.
He told Skegness Magistrates Court that he had informed police that two men from Sheffield had stayed in the caravan and had asked if they could grow cannabis for their own personal use two to three weeks prior to the find.
Defending, Sarah Waxman said Mr Caine had no involvement in the production of the drug, and police only knew because he told them.
Growing cannabis can carry a custodial sentence of up to six years in prison but on this occasion the defendant was given an £80 fine on top of the conditional discharge.
