A man who turned his own Arbroath home into a cannabis farm was caught with an illicit stash worth almost £25,000.
Farm worker Miroslav Novotny appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court to admit being concerned in the supply of the Class B drug.
Police raided his home at Catherine House in Catherine Street, Arbroath on July 27 2021.
They found plants growing and bagged up harvested cannabis worth thousands of pounds.
48-year-old Novotny will be sentenced in July after background reports have been prepared.
Illicit stash discovered
Fiscal depute Christine Allan explained Novotny lives in a three-bedroom home in the Angus town.
Police executed a search warrant at the property at 8.50am and uncovered a significant cannabis crop.
Officers discovered 32 plants, which were between four and five feet in height.
A further search uncovered more incriminating items including cash, a mobile phone and scales.
More than half a kilogram of already-processed cannabis was bagged up for shipment.
Police valued the plants at being worth £200 and £600 each, giving them a potential value of £19,200.
The packaged 523.5 grammes was potentially worth another £5,235, giving a total maximum return as £24,435.
Summer sentencing
Novotny did not appear in court in connection with the find until April 26 last year.
At a hearing last week, his solicitor Billy Rennie asked Sheriff Alastair Carmichael to defer sentencing for background reports to be prepared.
He explained his self-employed client has lived in the UK for 20 years.
Sheriff Carmichael will sentence Novotny on July 3.
The sheriff continued Novotny’s bail in the meantime.
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