A RAID by police found more than £4,000 of cannabis plants in a Clydebank retail worker’s home.

Police forced entry to Christopher Gorman’s former home on Vanguard Street, where they found nobody was home.

During the search on July 29, 2020, police discovered two areas within the home that were being used to grow cannabis.

In the first area of the 34-year-old’s home cops found four “juvenile” plants that were growing under a single heat source, Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard on July 1.

Meanwhile procurator fiscal Euan Nicholson told the hearing that 17 adult plants under heat lamps were identified in the second area in a heat-resistant tent in the kitchen.

The cannabis plants were then seized by police and it was estimated that each plant was worth £200 with the total haul valued at around £4,200.

Paul Sweeney, defending, said: “There are gaps in his offending, but there are no outstanding matters. He is somebody who was using cannabis regularly and he decided to grow his own to save himself some money. He fully accepts responsibility in this crime. 

“He is old enough to know better. I made it clear that this type of behaviour cannot be allowed to continue. I have made him aware that using cannabis has a bad effect on his mental health. One would hope that this is his last appearance at the Scottish courts. It is time for him to grow up.”

Whilst reading from the social work report, Sheriff John Hamilton said: “It doesn’t make sense; £200 per week on cannabis is a lot. It is unlikely someone would be doing that amount of cannabis.”

Gorman, now at a different property on Vanguard Street, was placed on a community payback order for 12 months under social work supervision and ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work.