Cannabis dealer arrested in raid was 'gearing up for a new grow'

THREE MEN GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCES OVER DRUG OPERATION

- By MARTIN NAYLOR

THREE drug dealers were snared when police swooped on one of their homes in West Bridgford.

Nottingham Crown Court was told cannabis, cash and mobile phones showed that Leon Johnson, Rowan Harding and Jordan Burke had all been either growing or selling the class B substance to make money.

Two rooms and the attic had been set aside to grow cannabis at the Boxley Drive, West Bridgford, address of Johnson, who has not worked for 30 years.

When officers executed a search warrant at Harding's Stoke Bardolph home they found a second grow, as well as more than £3,500 in cash.

Sentencing the three, Judge Philip Head said: "Not only were you deliv ering plants to Johnson, Harding, but you had your own grow at home in a house that contained children. This dates from December 2022 and no compelling reason has been given for the delay.

"That delay is not your fault and the important thing is that since that time none of you have offended since. Johnson, it was your house, it was your grow and you were gearing up for a new grow.