The police were called to a house following a report of someone trying to break in – and discovered 33 cannabis plants were inside.
Officers arrived to see the door had been forced and went inside looking for intruders, to find 23 small plants about four inches high were being grown in a cupboard.
When Luke Tetlow arrived at the address in Saffron Lane, Leicester, he unlocked a bedroom door which revealed 10 more mature plants.
Ben Gow, prosecuting, said that there was a growing...
