Cannabis growing operation leads to eviction
Landlord, Realty Focus, applied to the Tenancy Tribunal for termination of the tenancy held by Dion Annan for unlawful use of the premises and exemplary damages and was awarded $600.
The landlord found a black tent in bedroom two. Inside were fans, lights and drying racks, buckets and boxes. Cut cannabis leaves were in a box suggesting there had been a recent harvest. In the walk-in wardrobe to the master bedroom there were three plants growing with lighting, a heater and fan. In the hot water cupboard on top of the cylinder were seedlings in tray.
Having been caught with the cannabis, Annan told the tribunal the property manager failed to give him notice of her inspection, so she went into the house unlawfully. He says the property manager’s failure to call the police about the cannabis was because she knew she had entered unlawfully.
He also claimed there was no cannabis and having indoor gardening equipment is not illegal. He did, however confirm he had previously told the landlord he had grown cannabis in the past for use in edible foods for clients with cancer.
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