Pubdate: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 Source: Kelowna Capital News (CN BC) Copyright: 2010, West Partners Publishing Ltd. Contact: http://www.kelownacapnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1294 CONVICTED POT GROWER FORCED TO FORFEIT HIS HOUSE TO AUTHORITIES A convicted pot grower has been hit in the pocketbook after losing her house to the Crown. Kelly Dennison, 32, was sentenced last week to a two year conditional sentence, which means she will serve her time in the community, after being charged with production of a controlled substance and theft of electricity following the Nov. 3, 2006, police raid on her property on Pada Road in Oyama. Police say a marijuana growing operation was in an outbuilding on the rural property, and that all but 180 plants had been removed prior to police arrival. Police also seized growing equipment and 2.5 kilograms of marijuana from another room in the building. Const. Steve Holmes said a judge decided that the buildings and land were offence-related property and ruled they should be forfeited to the Crown. The property was sold prior to Dennison's sentencing and the proceeds are estimated at approximately $157,000. "The forfeiture of offence-related property is a judicial measure available on conviction that can effectively 'hit criminals in the pocketbook,' exacting an economic accounting for financially lucrative crimes such as drug trafficking, in addition to more traditional forms of sentencing," said Holmes. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D