An unemployed Dutch man living in Blenheim sold cannabis from his house to help pay his rent, police say.
Jim Jacobus Wilhelmus van Hoof, 36, appeared in the Blenheim District Court yesterday and admitted possession of cannabis for supply, selling cannabis, possession of utensils to smoke cannabis and receiving stolen items.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Jason Munro said police searched van Hoof's home on July 14 and found 107 grams of cannabis, including 13 pre-rolled cannabis cigarettes wrapped in foil, known as tinnies. The tinnies had a value of about $575, while the rest of the cannabis had a street value of about $200, he said.
Van Hoof told police he sold the tinnies to anyone who went to his house to buy them, Mr Munro said.
Van Hoof had not been working for several weeks and had fallen behind on his rent and bills and sold cannabis to supplement his income, Mr Munro said.
Police also found five bottles of wine stolen from a warehouse by an associate and a pipe used to smoke cannabis.
Van Hoof will be sentenced on September 28. Judge Tony Zohrab said imprisonment was a "distinct possibility".
Teen remanded
A 17-year-old Kaikoura youth did not enter a plea when he appeared in court yesterday charged with possessing a firearm and theft of an animal after a stag was shot on a deer farm.
Dylan Mark Laugesen was remanded on bail to reappear in the Kaikoura District Court on September 10.
Two other men have also been charged in connection to the incident, on July 27, and both are scheduled to appear in the Kaikoura court on the same day.\
Cannabis charges
A 45-year-old Blenheim man admitted selling cannabis and possessing utensils to smoke cannabis after saying at first they belonged to someone else.
Mr Munro said police found 91g of cannabis, about $1000 cash and a pipe when they searched the house Anthony John Cruickshank shared with his ex-partner and two small children on April 7.
The cannabis was stored inside small plastic bags. Police also found a list of names and phone numbers, he said.
Cruickshank denied knowing anything about the utensils and said they must have belonged to his ex-partner, Mr Munro said. It was only after his ex-partner was charged that he said he owned the utensils.
Cruickshank was remanded for sentencing on October 11.
Explosives found
A Picton father did not know there was live ammunition in his house when police searched it late last month, his defence lawyer said.
Gordon Leonard Wainohu , a 39-year-old solo father, yesterday admitted possession of explosives and possession of cannabis.
Mr Munro said police found 11 bullets (.22 calibre) and four cannabis seedlings when they searched Wainohu's house on July 29.
Defence lawyer Tane Brunt said Wainohu did not know about the ammunition but accepted responsibility.
Judge Zohrab sentenced Wainohu to 75 hours' community work and ordered the destruction of the cannabis and ammunition.
Driving convictions
A 56-year-old man caught driving while disqualified for the fifth time was ordered "not to have anything to do with a car" for 12 months.
Grahame John Haines, a contractor, was also disqualified for six months and sentenced to 80 hours' community work.
Defence counsel Tane Brunt said Haines relied on a colleague to drive him to and from work because of a previous disqualification, but had stayed at work late and did not realise everyone else had left.
A 53-year-old community worker who caused a crash in Seddon admitted driving with excess blood alcohol. Ian Graham Doole, of Seddon, was disqualified from driving for nine months and ordered to pay a $430 fine and $130 court costs. Mr Munro said Doole crashed his car on Seaview Rd about 11.20pm on June 20. Tests showed his blood alcohol level was 156 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood (the legal limit is 80mg). Judge Tony Zohrab said his sympathy for Doole was tempered by the level of alcohol in his blood.
Harry Walter Joseph Griffin , 39, of Picton, excess breath alcohol of 767 micrograms per litre of breath (legal limit is 400mcg), third or subsequent offence; remanded for sentence on October 4.
Lucas Santana Calixto, 21, vineyard worker from Blenheim, 691mcg; disqualified for six months, 40 hours' community work.
Aaron Donald Wood, 39, airman of Seddon, excess blood alcohol of 107mg, third or subsequent offence; disqualified for 12 months and one day, 100 hours' community work, ordered to pay $93 fee.
The Marlborough Express
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