Police raided Sergej Popov’s three-bed semi-detached home on Cotswold Grove at 8.15am on February 25, 2019, after neighbours reported smelling cannabis, said prosecutor Mark Knowles.
They found 18 large plants in a tent in a bedroom and 36 smaller plants in a second tent, which had been grown over a two-month period.
“He said he had lived there for 11 years with his family and had a mortgage,” Mr Knowles said. “He was in debt due to his gambling and hoped to sell the drugs for 4,000.”
Farid Chisty, mitigating, said Popov had no previous convictions, made full and frank admissions and cooperated fully with the poli…
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