Married David Munday, 54, dug out earth to create a den in which he cultivated
thousands of pounds worth of the drug, a court heard.
The dad of one installed ladders and linked the bunker to the mains in his
semi to power lights needed to grow the crop.
Cops acting on a tip-off seized 17 plants — street value £8,000 — after
finding the entrance beneath old paving slabs in Salford, Greater
Manchester. DCI Dave Riddick said yesterday: “It must have taken him many
hours to build.”
Munday was convicted of producing a Class B drug and received a 15-week
suspended jail term at Manchester Crown Court. He was also ordered to pay
£13,480 from his assets.
A neighbour said: “He joked he was making a secret garden, but no one had a
clue what type of plants he planned to grow.”
