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Australian Man Arrested After Calling Police To Report His Cannabis Had Been Stolen

Australian Man Arrested After Calling Police To Report His Cannabis Had Been Stolen

Police found nearly 70 plants at his home when they went in to investigate.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

An Australian man has faced charges of growing cannabis after he dobbed himself in. But this wasn't a traditional self-admission.

Northern Territory man William Pointon called police to report that youths had allegedly stolen his cannabis.

When police arrived, they found 69 plants in his Tennant Creek home, some of which were up to 1.5 metres tall. While the theft of some plants was a concern, authorities had discovered a pretty decent haul at Pointon's home and decided to take him into custody.

The 61-year-old was charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis and he's since pleaded guilty.

In court, his lawyer admitted that Pointon knew that his stash of cannabis was against the law. So why did he call the cops if it could get him into trouble?

Because he thought 'youths' were responsible for his cannabis theft, he was morally against the idea of underage people smoking weed.

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According to the ABC, defence lawyer Noah Redmond told the court: "The fact that he did call police on himself for cultivating cannabis is a very significant factor.

"Youths were attempting to steal his cannabis, and he had a view... that children are not capable of making decisions whether or not to smoke cannabis... so he called police to prevent them having access."

He explained that Pointon never sells his weed for money and instead would trade food, goods and labour for it among his friends.

It seems like dobbing himself in won favour from the presiding judge.

Judge Peter Barr said: "He must be given some credit for dobbing himself into police and for his motivation in doing so."

However, prosecutor Glen Dooley explained the defendant openly and freely admitted to committing a crime.

"Pointon participated in a voluntary record of interview in which he made full admissions to cultivating the plants and he had been growing cannabis plants for about 40 years," he said.

Pointon will be sentenced later this week.

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Topics: News, Australia