Cannabis gardener jailed after raid on Mansfield Woodhouse home
A man has been jailed after he was discovered tending to a large cannabis grow inside a house in Mansfield Woodhouse.
Mecislav Losovski appeared when police forced open the door of the property, in Slant Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, on June 22.
Officers from the Mansfield North neighbourhood policing team had attended the semi-detached home after receiving reports it had been converted to produce the Class B drug.
On arrival at the address, officers were confronted by an overwhelming smell of cannabis and a whirring sound from the equipment used to grow it.
After discovering 159 cannabis plants were growing in various rooms of the house, Losovski was arrested.
He admitted looking after the crop for others in police interview and went on to plead guilty at court to producing a Class B drug.
The 30-year-old, of Slant Lane, was jailed for two years at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday, July 21.
Police Constable James Lloyd, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a significant drug production operation which would have made the people behind it a lot of money.
“Grows like this are a fire hazard for neighbouring homes and act like a magnet for additional criminality, particularly attracting people tempted to break in and steal the crop.
“We're grateful for any information from the public which allows us to take positive enforcement action like this and destroy both the plants and the equipment used to grow them.”