Police found cannabis plants which could have produced £26,000 worth of the drug when they raided a bungalow in a Lincolnshire village.
A Bardney man was jailed for 16 months by Lincoln Crown Court growing the cannabis in the loft of a bungalow in Cherry Willingham.
The court was told that more than 40 cannabis plants were found in a tent in the loft of the property in Fiskerton Road.
A second tent contained a “mother plant” used to provide cuttings for more plants.
Faye Mellor, prosecuting, said there was the potential to produce a yield of as much as 2.6kg of the drug.
She said: “This was a step up from a basic home set-up. There was lighting, ventilation and hydroponics in place. Digital scales were found and also food bags, suggesting some kind of supply.”
Andrew Cluett, who was at the house when the raid took place, admitted he was responsible for the plants, but said he was under pressure to do it.
Kayleigh Hippey, the tenant of the property, said she agreed to allow Cluett to use the loft after he asked her for permission.
Cluett, 41, of Harvey Kent Gardens, Bardney, admitted production of cannabis between January 1 and April 5 last year. He was jailed for 16 months.
Hippey, 27, now of Jubilee Crescent, Cherry Willingham, admitted allowing premises to be used for the production of cannabis between the same dates. She was given a nine-month jail sentence suspended for two years with 12 months supervision.
David Eager, in mitigation for Cluett, said that he initially used cannabis for pain relief, but had since become addicted to the drug.
He said Cluett accepted he faced a jail sentence which would mean he would lose the tenancy of his rented home.
Michael Cranmer-Brown, for Hippey, said that at the time she allowed Cluett to use her loft she was addicted to heroin and heavily in debt.
“She was in dire straits financially owing many thousands of pounds,” he said. “She was at a low ebb and a series of sad consequences had affected her.
“She was offered an opportunity to make some inroads into her indebtedness and she took it. She was not actually involved in cultivating the cannabis, but allowed him to use the premises.”
Man jailed for using loft to grow dozens of cannabis plants
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