Skunk smell led police to kitchen cannabis farm

A cannabis farmer who was caught when patrolling police officers noticed the pungent smell coming from his flat was jailed for eight months. John Doyle, 58, boasted he was the ‘best’ skunk grower after Sergeant Memmett Ulusoy and PC Robert Ferguson discovered 19 plants worth £7,650 in his kitchen. The father-of-one had bypassed the electric meter to avoid paying for the vast amount of energy required. Jasmine Ferugson, prosecuting, said Doyle recruited help to set up his sophisticated operation in…