‘What did you think those pot plants were? Exotic ferns?’

A Lithuanian caught growing 138 cannabis plants in his home wept as he was sentenced to 16 months in prison. Police arrived at Wilmot Road, Leyton, to what they believed was a burglary, only to find the flourishing plants with an estimated street value of £100,000. Sophisticated growing equipment including two grow tents was also recovered from the three-bedroom house. Domus Rauduve, 23, claimed he had only been in the UK for three months and was sleeping rough in a…