A man who allegedly grew 74 cannabis plants near Clarence was busted after a member of the public stumbled across the patch, police say.
Constable Michelle Stagg, of Blenheim, said the plants were all about two metres high.
The person who found the plants had called police, she said.
A 43-year-old unemployed man was arrested at 10.30am yesterday and was remanded in custody to appear in Blenheim District Court today on a charge of cultivating cannabis.
In a separate incident, three women aged – 66, 53, and 31 – were arrested for smoking cannabis while parked near Alfred St in Blenheim at 8.20pm yesterday.
Miss Stagg said the oldest woman was charged with consuming cannabis, possession of cannabis and possession of prescription medicine and the 53-year-old was charged with consuming cannabis and allowing a car to be used for a cannabis offence.
The youngest woman was charged with consuming cannabis.
Also yesterday, a 45-year-old Blenheim woman was charged with assaulting police after she allegedly kicked a police officer in his shin.
Miss Stagg said the alleged assault happened after police were called to a Howick Rd house to remove a drunk woman just before 5pm.
The Marlborough Express
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