Magistrate: Hydroponic set-up 'smells' of commerciality
Premium Content Subscriber only A Rockhampton magistrate felt a manâs $1000 hydroponic marijuana set-up had some âsmellâ of commerciality. Steven Patrick McMullen, 41, pleaded guilty on May 12 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of producing a dangerous drug, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing items used in the commissioning of a drug crime. Police prosecutor Zoe Melksham said police executed a search warrant at a Rockhampton address at 1.30pm on March 17 while McMullen was at work. She said McMullen told police he had marijuana plants in the backyard near the...