Police told THC butter was going into cake

Press, 1 June 1988, Page 12

Police told THC butter was going into cake

Some young men brewing up THC butter by boiling up cannabis leaf and methylated spirits had their weights put up by a person who informed the police, Mr Justice Holland and a jury were told in the High Court yesterday.

After deliberating for just over two hours, the jury found Wayne Steven Lawrence, aged 22, a, part-time driver, guilty of producing a cannabis preparation which was a class B drug. He was remanded on bail to June 14 for sentence.

Mr Raoul Neave appeared for the Crown, and Mr Rupert Glover for Lawrence. The defence called no evidence.

Detective Sergeant David John Landreth said that shortly after midnight on March 2 he was told persons were cooking up drugs in a house in Mortlake Street, Hornby. The informant was not able to give the address, but said that there was'an old blue truck parked on the street nearby. About 1.30 a.m., witness and a detective constable drove along the street and saw lights at the rear of a house.

As they walked up the driveway they smelt a> strong odour of cannabis. When he asked what was going on, one of those present said they were making THC butter by boiling up cannabis plant and methylated spirits.

From the refrigerator he produced a bowl containing a small amount of a greeny substance.

At the Hornby police station, Lawrence refused to make a written statement, but agreed to answer questions. He said that he had received a telephone call from Tim Williams who wanted a place to make THC butter.

It was arranged that they would all go to Tony Jackson’s house where Jackson experimented in making up a brew.

Lawrence said he planned to get stoned by baking some spots of THC butter in a cake or muesli bars, Detective Landreth said.