The strong smell of cannabis led to neighbours complaining to police about the stench and led officers to catch the drug dealer.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that a raid was carried out by police on 28-year-old Ryan Anderson’s house in Esk Road, Inverness on May 21, 2023 and he invited them in.
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Fiscal depute Naomi Duffy-Welsh told Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald: “The officers noticed a large glass jar of herbal substance on a table and the accused said he had more in a black holdall.
“It contained a dozen packages of herbal substance.”
She added that more bags and a small jar of cannabis were recovered including drug paraphernalia like plastic zipped bags, a grinder and scales.
In total, 466.36 grams of cannabis were seized and they had a value of between £3250 and £7275.
Anderson admitted being concerned in the supply of the class B drug and sentence was deferred until February 25 for a background report.
Sheriff Macdonald told Anderson: “This is very foolish getting involved in this sort of thing. Cannabis can be smelt a mile away and I am sure everyone around knew what you were doing. These things can get you sent to jail.”