Man jailed over cannabis plants worth £35,000 at homes in Leeds

A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for producing £35,000 worth cannabis at properties in Leeds.
Kevin Devonport.Kevin Devonport.
Kevin Devonport.

Officers from the Regional Organised Crime Unit seized 75 mature cannabis plants from two addresses in Leeds - Penwell Dean, Stanks, and Cross Flatts Grove, Beeston - on December 12 last year.

Officers also seized plants from address in Brotherton and Knottingley on the same day.

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Kevin Devonport was harvesting the cannabis at one of the properties when he was arrested.

Forensic specialists determined that the plants would have generated a yield with the street value of £35,000.

Devonport, 46, of Vicars Croft, Knottingley was jailed for four years after pleading guilty producing cannabis.

Detective Inspector Lee Fletcher of the Regional Organised Crime Unit said: “The unit continues to work to disrupt the organised production and supply of drugs across the region and tackle the associated criminality often linked to these offences.

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“Devonport was literally caught in the act harvesting the cannabis plants.

“His sentence should serve as a stark warning to others concerned in this type of enterprise, that officers will do everything they can to detect and disrupt criminality and bring people to justice.”

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