Pubdate: Mon, 01 Dec 2014
Source: Metro (Vancouver, CN BC)
Copyright: 2014 Metro Canada
Contact:  http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3775
Referenced: http://mapinc.org/url/4suxE4ko

MAN GROWING POT. JUDGE GIVES ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE

A judge has given an absolute discharge to a man charged with
trafficking marijuana after police raided his Lions Bay home and found
414 marijuana plants, although almost half most were seedlings.

Michael Santos, an audio engineer with no criminal record, pleaded
guilty to possessing about three kilograms of marijuana for
trafficking.

The police raid took place on Feb. 28, 2013, when a battering ram was
used to break the front door when no one immediately answered at
Santos' rental home, where he lived with his wife and two children.

The court was told that Santos, 40, grew the pot as medical marijuana
for himself and gave the rest away to others in need of medical marijuana.
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