A Tauranga judge poured scorn on a Welcome Bay man's claims that he grew 46 dope plants, with an estimated valued up to $230,000 when harvested, for his personal use.
Max Kiwi-Millman, 28, pleaded guilty to a charge of cultivates cannabis when he appeared in Tauranga District Court yesterday.
At 2.06pm on February 21 a police spotter plane involved in the national cannabis recovery programme called Operation Dee located cannabis plants growing at the rear of Kiwi-Millman's dwelling at Rocky Cutting Rd.
Twenty-five plants maybe, but no judge is ever going to seriously accept that 46 plants, which is a significant number, as being for personal use.
Police found and seized 46 cannabis plants that were about 1m tall.