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• With a total of 156, Los Angeles (USA) has the most headshops .
• Madrid, Spain has the largest amount of growshops, with a total of 68.
• Tokyo, Japan has the most expensive cannabis , at 32.66 USD per gram, while Quito, Ecuador has the least expensive marijuana , at 1.34 USD per gram.
• Based on the average US marijuana tax rates currently implemented, New York City could generate the highest potential tax revenue by legalising weed , with 156.40 million USD per year. New York City also has the highest consumption rate of cannabis, at 77.44 metric tons per year.

Results are also available in Euros and British Pounds upon request.

Berlin, Germany, 20/04/2018 – ABCD, a data-driven media campaign outlet, has released new data which reveals the number of marijuana head and growshops in 120 cities around the world. This research, which builds on the 2018 Cannabis Price Index released earlier this year, reveals which locations around the world are ready to embrace cannabis legalisation. The aim of the study is to illustrate the continuous need for legislative reform on cannabis use around the world, and to determine if there are any lessons to be learned from those cities at the forefront of marijuana legalization. By including extra data on the number of head and growshops in each city, this new research can be utilized to indicate which cities are prepared for an imminent cannabis reform, while also highlighting which cities are in opposition of marijuana legalisation.

The initial study began by selecting 120 cities across the world, including locations where cannabis is currently legal, illegal and partially legal, and where marijuana consumption data is available. Then, they looked into the price of weed per gram in each city. To calculate how much potential tax a city could make by legalising weed, ABCD investigated how much tax is paid on the most popular brand of cigarettes, as this offers the closest comparison. They then looked at what percentage marijuana is currently taxed in cities where it’s already legalised in the US.

ABCD decided to conduct the extra research in order to to further the discussion around the medical and recreational use of cannabis, and the potential industry and business opportunities that would follow legalisation. By identifying the number of headshops as well as growshops, this study serves as an indicator to a city’s existing cannabis infrastructure and willingness to accept such reform on a larger scale. As an indicating factor, the more head shops and grow shops a city has, the more positive their state’s and general public’s attitude towards the cannabis-related industry is likely to be.

The table below reveals a sample of the results for the 13 US cities featured in the study:

#	City	Legality	Price per gram, US$	Taxes of cigarettes, % of the most sold brand	Total possible tax collection, if taxed at cigarette level, mil US$	Total possible tax collection, if taxed at average US marijuana taxes, mil US$	Total Consumption in metric tons	Number of Headshops	Number of Growshops
1	Washington, DC	Partial	18.08	42.54	47.51	20.96	6.18	20	8
2	Chicago	Partial	11.46	42.54	119.61	52.77	24.54	91	10
3	Philadelphia	Partial	11.3	42.54	68.37	30.16	14.22	41	2
4	Boston	Legal	11.01	42.54	28.59	12.61	6.1	49	4
5	New York	Partial	10.76	42.54	354.48	156.4	77.44	59	7
6	Dallas	Partial	10.03	42.54	51.01	22.5	11.95	80	6
7	Houston	Partial	10.03	42.54	89.13	39.32	20.89	125	14
8	Phoenix	Partial	9.35	42.54	58.26	25.71	14.65	72	9
9	Miami	Partial	9.27	42.54	16.24	7.16	4.12	67	25
10	San Francisco	Legal	9.27	42.54	30.94	13.65	7.85	61	3
11	Los Angeles	Legal	8.14	42.54	124.88	55.1	36.06	156	46
12	Denver	Legal	7.79	42.54	20.53	9.06	6.2	61	21
13	Seattle	Legal	7.58	42.54	20.59	9.08	6.39	46	10

The table below shows the top 10 most and least expensive cities for cannabis :

#	City	Country	Legality	Price per gram, US$
1	Tokyo	Japan	Illegal	32.66
2	Seoul	South Korea	Illegal	32.44
3	Kyoto	Japan	Illegal	29.65
4	Hong Kong	China	Illegal	27.48
5	Bangkok	Thailand	Partial	24.81
6	Dublin	Ireland	Illegal	21.63
7	Tallinn	Estonia	Partial	20.98
8	Shanghai	China	Illegal	20.82
9	Beijing	China	Illegal	20.52
10	Oslo	Norway	Partial	19.14

#	City	Country	Legality	Price per gram, US$
1	Quito	Ecuador	Partial	1.34
2	Bogota	Colombia	Partial	2.2
3	Asuncion	Paraguay	Partial	2.22
4	Jakarta	Indonesia	Illegal	3.79
5	Panama City	Panama	Illegal	3.85
6	Johannesburg	South Africa	Illegal	4.01
7	Montevideo	Uruguay	Legal	4.15
8	Astana	Kazakhstan	Illegal	4.22
9	Antwerp	Belgium	Partial	4.29
10	New Delhi	India	Partial	4.38

N.B. These tables are a sample of the full results. To find the complete results for all 120 cities, please see the bottom of the page.

The table below shows the top 10 cities who could generate the most potential tax by legalising cannabis, if taxed at the same rate as the most popular cigarette brand:

#	City	Country	Legality	Price per gram, US$	Taxes of cigarettes, % of the most sold brand	Total possible tax collection, if taxed at cigarette level, mil US$
1	Cairo	Egypt	Illegal	16.15	73.13	384.87
2	New York	USA	Partial	10.76	42.54	354.48
3	London	UK	Illegal	9.2	82.16	237.35
4	Sydney	Australia	Partial	10.79	56.76	138.36
5	Karachi	Pakistan	Illegal	5.32	60.7	135.48
6	Melbourne	Australia	Partial	10.84	56.76	132.75
7	Moscow	Russia	Partial	11.84	47.63	128.97
8	Toronto	Canada	Partial	7.82	69.8	124.15
9	Chicago	USA	Partial	11.46	42.54	119.61
10	Berlin	Germany	Partial	13.53	72.9	114.77

N.B. % of cigarette tax refers to the tax percentage on the most popular brand. Possible tax revenue refers to the total possible tax collection per year, if taxed at cigarette level. For a full explanation of how the study was conducted, please see the methodology at the bottom of the page.

The table below shows the top 10 cities who could generate the most potential tax by legalising cannabis, if taxed at the average US marijuana tax rate:

#	City	Country	Legality	Price per gram, US$	Total possible tax collection, if taxed at average US marijuana taxes, mil US$
1	New York	USA	Partial	10.76	156.4
2	Cairo	Egypt	Illegal	16.15	98.78
3	Los Angeles	USA	Legal	8.14	55.1
4	London	UK	Illegal	9.2	54.22
5	Chicago	USA	Partial	11.46	52.77
6	Moscow	Russia	Partial	11.84	50.82
7	Sydney	Australia	Partial	10.79	45.75
8	Melbourne	Australia	Partial	10.84	43.9
9	Karachi	Pakistan	Illegal	5.32	41.89
10	Houston	USA	Partial	10.03	39.32

N.B. Possible tax revenue refers to the total possible tax collection per year, if taxed at average US marijuana tax rate.

The table below shows the top 10 cities with the highest and lowest consumption of cannabis, per year:

#	City	Country	Legality	Price per gram, US$	Total Consumption in metric tons
1	New York	USA	Partial	10.76	77.44
2	Karachi	Pakistan	Illegal	5.32	41.95
3	New Delhi	India	Partial	4.38	38.26
4	Los Angeles	USA	Legal	8.14	36.06
5	Cairo	Egypt	Illegal	16.15	32.59
6	Mumbai	India	Partial	4.57	32.38
7	London	UK	Illegal	9.2	31.4
8	Chicago	USA	Partial	11.46	24.54
9	Moscow	Russia	Partial	11.84	22.87
10	Toronto	Canada	Partial	7.82	22.75

#	City	Country	Legality	Price per gram, US$	Total Consumption in metric tons
1	Singapore	Singapore	Illegal	14.01	0.02
2	Santo Domingo	Dominican Rep.	Illegal	6.93	0.16
3	Kyoto	Japan	Illegal	29.65	0.24
4	Thessaloniki	Greece	Partial	13.49	0.29
5	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	Partial	7.26	0.32
6	Panama City	Panama	Illegal	3.85	0.37
7	Reykjavik	Iceland	Illegal	15.92	0.44
8	Asuncion	Paraguay	Partial	2.22	0.46
9	Colombo	Sri Lanka	Illegal	9.12	0.59
10	Manila	Philippines	Illegal	5.24	0.6

N.B. Total consumption is calculated per annum.

“The way that the legalised cannabis industry is rapidly evolving alongside new technologies shows how innovative emerging tech companies are today.” says Uri Zeevi, CMO at Seedo. “Take the way that cannabis and cryptocurrency have joined forces, with examples such as HempCoin or nezly, which manage processes and payments in the new marijuana industry. When you consider too the potential that these new technologies have to disrupt the cannabis industry, there’s no denying that these are very exciting times.”

“At Seedo, we’ve built technology that helps regular smokers to grow cannabis plants of the utmost quality from the comfort of their own home, avoiding pesticides and taking ownership of their personal supply.” says Uri Zeevi, CMO at Seedo. “We believe that by understanding the cost of weed around the world, we can help to educate smokers about the potential financial benefits of hydroponic growing technology.”

“That illegal cannabis use is so high in countries that still carry the death penalty, such as Pakistan and Egypt, those in power ought to see how desperately new legislation is needed.” comments Uri Zeevi, CMO at Seedo. “By removing the criminal element from marijuana, governments will then able to more safely regulate production, take away power from underground gangs, and as we’ve shown in this study, generate huge tax revenues.”

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The full results of the 2018 Cannabis Price Index:

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#	City	Country	Legality	Price per gram, US$	Taxes of cigarettes, % of the most sold brand	Total possible tax collection, if taxed at cigarette level, mil US$	Total possible tax collection, if taxed at average US marijuana taxes, mil US$	Total Consumption in metric tons	Number of Headshops	Number of Growshops
1	Tokyo	Japan	Illegal	32.66	64.36	32.14	9.37	1.53	0	0
2	Seoul	South Korea	Illegal	32.44	61.99	31.61	9.57	1.57	0	0
3	Kyoto	Japan	Illegal	29.65	64.36	4.64	1.35	0.24	0	0
4	Hong Kong	China	Illegal	27.48	44.43	19.72	8.33	1.62	1	0
5	Bangkok	Thailand	Partial	24.81	73.13	99.11	25.44	5.46	5	2
6	Dublin	Ireland	Illegal	21.63	77.8	29.31	7.07	1.74	4	7
7	Tallinn	Estonia	Partial	20.98	77.24	22.13	5.38	1.37	2	2
8	Shanghai	China	Illegal	20.82	44.43	49.12	20.75	5.31	0	0
9	Beijing	China	Illegal	20.52	44.43	43.1	18.21	4.73	0	0
10	Oslo	Norway	Partial	19.14	68.83	19.28	5.26	1.46	3	2
11	Washington, DC	USA	Partial	18.08	42.54	47.51	20.96	6.18	20	8
12	Cairo	Egypt	Illegal	16.15	73.13	384.87	98.78	32.59	0	0
13	Reykjavik	Iceland	Illegal	15.92	56.4	3.97	1.32	0.44	0	0
14	Belfast	Ireland	Illegal	15.81	77.8	13.55	3.27	1.1	3	2
15	Minsk	Belarus	Illegal	15.8	51.15	9.08	3.33	1.12	0	0
16	Athens	Greece	Partial	14.95	79.95	7.42	1.74	0.62	4	1
17	Auckland	New Zealand	Partial	14.77	77.34	106.03	25.73	9.28	9	7
18	Munich	Germany	Partial	14.56	72.9	50.9	13.1	4.8	5	1
19	Helsinki	Finland	Partial	14.42	81.53	27.12	6.24	2.31	3	6
20	Singapore	Singapore	Illegal	14.01	66.23	0.14	0.04	0.02	0	1
21	Berlin	Germany	Partial	13.53	72.9	114.77	29.55	11.64	31	20
22	Stuttgart	Germany	Partial	13.5	72.9	20.2	5.2	2.05	3	0
23	Thessaloniki	Greece	Partial	13.49	79.95	3.17	0.75	0.29	1	2
24	Stockholm	Sweden	Illegal	13.2	68.84	15.06	4.11	1.66	7	1
25	Vienna	Austria	Partial	12.87	74	59.21	15.02	6.22	9	18
26	Copenhagen	Denmark	Partial	12.47	74.75	20.65	5.18	2.22	1	1
27	Moscow	Russia	Partial	11.84	47.63	128.97	50.82	22.87	4	1
28	Hamburg	Germany	Partial	11.64	72.9	50.16	12.92	5.91	5	6
29	Chicago	USA	Partial	11.46	42.54	119.61	52.77	24.54	91	10
30	Philadelphia	USA	Partial	11.3	42.54	68.37	30.16	14.22	41	2
31	Bucharest	Romania	Partial	11.18	75.41	17.23	4.29	2.04	3	1
32	Cologne	Germany	Partial	11.14	72.9	28.51	7.34	3.51	8	2
33	Geneva	Switzerland	Partial	11.12	61.2	5.9	1.81	0.87	3	4
34	Boston	USA	Legal	11.01	42.54	28.59	12.61	6.1	49	4
35	Adelaide	Australia	Partial	10.91	56.76	41.6	13.75	6.72	12	18
36	Istanbul	Turkey	Partial	10.87	82.13	21.79	4.98	2.44	6	3
37	Melbourne	Australia	Partial	10.84	56.76	132.75	43.9	21.58	16	31
38	Sydney	Australia	Partial	10.79	56.76	138.36	45.75	22.59	26	14
39	New York	USA	Partial	10.76	42.54	354.48	156.4	77.44	59	7
40	Düsseldorf	Germany	Partial	10.7	72.9	15.82	4.07	2.03	3	0
41	Brisbane	Australia	Partial	10.63	56.76	66.88	22.12	11.09	26	12
42	Hanover	Germany	Partial	10.51	72.9	13.46	3.47	1.76	3	1
43	Prague	Czech Rep.	Partial	10.47	77.42	63.95	15.5	7.89	25	5
44	Frankfurt	Germany	Partial	10.29	72.9	18.06	4.65	2.41	6	6
45	Wellington	New Zealand	Partial	10.11	77.34	19.53	4.74	2.5	4	2
46	Dallas	USA	Part ial	10.03	42.54	51.01	22.5	11.95	80	6
47	Houston	USA	Partial	10.03	42.54	89.13	39.32	20.89	125	14
48	Vilnius	Lithuania	Illegal	10	75.76	5.2	1.29	0.69	2	0
49	Zurich	Switzerland	Partial	9.71	61.2	10.33	3.17	1.74	4	6
50	Montpellier	France	Illegal	9.7	80.3	12.21	2.85	1.57	2	0
51	Canberra	Australia	Partial	9.65	56.76	10.96	3.63	2	6	1
52	Zagreb	Croatia	Partial	9.43	75.26	24.35	6.07	3.43	4	8
53	Nice	France	Illegal	9.4	80.3	15.8	3.69	2.09	1	0
54	Phoenix	USA	Partial	9.35	42.54	58.26	25.71	14.65	72	9
55	Paris	France	Illegal	9.3	80.3	102.25	23.9	13.69	6	0
56	Miami	USA	Partial	9.27	42.54	16.24	7.16	4.12	67	25
57	San Francisco	USA	Legal	9.27	42.54	30.94	13.65	7.85	61	3
58	London	UK	Illegal	9.2	82.16	237.35	54.22	31.4	35	23
59	Colombo	Sri Lanka	Illegal	9.12	73.78	3.98	1.01	0.59	2	0
60	Riga	Latvia	Illegal	9	76.89	10.23	2.5	1.48	0	0
61	Bratislava	Slovakia	Illegal	8.92	81.54	7.24	1.67	1	4	2
62	Milan	Italy	Partial	8.85	75.68	46.06	11.42	6.88	8	9
63	Varna	Bulgaria	Illegal	8.83	82.65	4.84	1.1	0.66	0	0
64	Marseille	France	Illegal	8.69	80.3	36.23	8.47	5.19	1	1
65	Glasgow	UK	Illegal	8.65	82.16	15.21	3.47	2.14	9	8
66	Toulouse	France	Illegal	8.62	80.3	18.67	4.36	2.7	1	0
67	Birmingham	UK	Illegal	8.58	82.16	27.73	6.34	3.93	8	19
68	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Illegal	8.54	55.36	6.61	2.24	1.4	0	0
69	Monterrey	Mexico	Partial	8.45	65.87	4.17	1.19	0.75	3	1
70	Edinburgh	UK	Illegal	8.41	82.16	12.22	2.79	1.77	8	5
71	Lisbon	Portugal	Partial	8.36	74.51	4.69	1.18	0.75	3	3
72	Strasbourg	France	Illegal	8.35	80.3	11.13	2.6	1.66	0	0
73	Warsaw	Poland	Partial	8.31	80.29	29.27	6.84	4.39	3	4
74	Lyon	France	Illegal	8.2	80.3	19.45	4.55	2.95	1	0
75	Los Angeles	USA	Legal	8.14	42.54	124.88	55.1	36.06	156	46
76	Liverpool	UK	Illegal	7.94	82.16	10.86	2.48	1.67	9	16
77	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Partial	7.89	73.4	20.94	5.35	3.61	18	20
78	Manchester	UK	Illegal	7.88	82.16	58.99	13.48	9.11	7	13
79	Rome	Italy	Partial	7.86	75.68	88.16	21.86	14.82	8	15
80	Toronto	Canada	Partial	7.82	69.8	124.15	33.38	22.75	10	37
81	Denver	USA	Legal	7.79	42.54	20.53	9.06	6.2	61	21
82	Naples	Italy	Partial	7.75	75.68	29.82	7.4	5.08	2	5
83	Leeds	UK	Illegal	7.67	82.16	16.93	3.87	2.69	14	11
84	Seattle	USA	Legal	7.58	42.54	20.59	9.08	6.39	46	10
85	Madrid	Spain	Partial	7.47	78.09	93.4	22.45	16.01	8	68
86	Calgary	Canada	Partial	7.3	69.8	52.23	14.05	10.25	42	5
87	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	Partial	7.26	70.24	1.62	0.43	0.32	1	1
88	San Jose	Costa Rica	Partial	7.23	69.76	7.84	2.11	1.56	0	1
89	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Partial	7.13	69.84	25.32	6.81	5.09	22	48
90	Brussels	Belgium	Partial	7.09	75.92	15.5	3.83	2.88	21	2
91	Santo Domingo	Dominican Rep.	Illegal	6.93	58.87	0.67	0.21	0.16	1	0
92	Graz	Austria	Partial	6.84	74	4.81	1.22	0.95	7	2
93	Budapest	Hungary	Illegal	6.74	77.26	7.7	1.87	1.48	4	3
94	Sofia	Bulgaria	Illegal	6.66	82.65	12.83	2.91	2.33	0	0
95	Ottawa	Canada	Partial	6.62	69.8	35.43	9.53	7.67	30	6
96	Vancouver	Canada	Partial	6.4	69.8	23.44	6.3	5.25	35	10
97	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Partial	6.38	64.94	68.55	19.81	16.55	11	7
98	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Partial	6.33	73.4	12.75	3.26	2.74	3	8
99	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Partial	6.32	80.41	3.43	0.8	0.67	4	6
100	Barcelona	Spain	Partial	6.23	78.09	39.59	9.51	8.14	22	23
101	Montreal	Canada	Partial	6.15	69.8	60.52	16.27	14.1	13	9
102	Kiev	Ukraine	Partial	6	74.78	14.73	3.7	3.28	1	0
103	Abuja	Nigeria	Illegal	5.88	20.63	7.4	6.73	6.1	0	0
104	Lima	Peru	Partial	5.88	37.83	12.28	6.09	5.52	4	0
105	Mexico City	Mexico	Partial	5.87	65.87	22.58	6.43	5.84	6	5
106	Cape Town	South Africa	Illegal	5.82	48.8	2.47	0.95	0.87	12	4
107	Karachi	Pakistan	Illegal	5.32	60.7	135.48	41.89	41.95	0	0
108	Manila	Philippines	Illegal	5.24	74.27	2.32	0.59	0.6	0	1
109	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Partial	5.11	64.94	28.82	8.33	8.69	14	2
110	Mumbai	India	Partial	4.57	60.39	89.38	27.78	32.38	5	1
111	New Delhi	India	Partial	4.38	60.39	101.2	31.45	38.26	3	2
112	Antwerp	Belgium	Partial	4.29	75.92	4.1	1.01	1.26	7	3
113	Astana	Kazakhstan	Illegal	4.22	39.29	1.78	0.85	1.07	0	0
114	Montevideo	Uruguay	Legal	4.15	66.75	19.54	5.5	7.06	1	18
115	Johannesburg	South Africa	Illegal	4.01	48.8	3.76	1.45	1.92	5	4
116	Panama City	Panama	Illegal	3.85	56.52	0.81	0.27	0.37	3	0
117	Jakarta	Indonesia	Illegal	3.79	53.4	1.92	0.68	0.95	0	0
118	Asuncion	Paraguay	Partial	2.22	16	0.16	0.19	0.46	1	1
119	Bogota	Colombia	Partial	2.2	49.44	15.8	6	14.53	6	3
120	Quito	Ecuador	Partial	1.34	70.39	0.56	0.15	0.6	1	0

Further findings:

• New York City, USA has the highest consumption rate of cannabis , at 77.44 metric tons per year.
• Boston, USA has the most expensive cannabis of all the cities where it’s legal , at 11.01 USD, while Montevideo, Uruguay has the least expensive at 4.15 USD.
• While Tokyo, Japan has the most expensive cannabis of all cities where it’s illegal, at 32.66 USD, Jakarta, Indonesia has the least expensive at 3.79 USD, despite being classed as a Group 1 drug with harsh sentences such as life imprisonment and the death penalty.
• For cities where cannabis is partially legal, Bangkok, Thailand has the most expensive at 24.81 USD, while Quito, Ecuador has the least expensive at 1.34 USD.
• Bulgaria has the highest tax rates for the most popular brand of cigarettes, at 82.65%, while Paraguay has the lowest, with rates of 16%.
• Cairo, Egypt would gain the most revenue in tax if they were to legalise cannabis and tax it as the same rate as cigarettes, at 384.87 million USD. Singapore, Singapore would gain the least, at 0.14 million USD, due in part to the city’s low consumption of marijuana at 0.02 metric tons per annum.
• Based on the average US marijuana tax rates currently implemented, New York City could generate the highest potential tax revenue by legalising weed, with 156.4 million USD per year . Singapore, Singapore would gain the least, at 0.04 million USD.

Methodology

Selection of the cities: To select the cities for the study, Seedo first looked at the top and bottom cannabis consuming countries around the world. Then they analysed nations where marijuana is partially or completely legal, as well as illegal, and selected the final list of 120 cities in order to best offer a representative comparison of the global cannabis price.

1 kilo weed With a total of 156 , Los Angeles (USA) has the most headshops . Madrid, Spain has the largest amount of growshops, with a total of 68. Tokyo, Japan has the most

A kilo of weed and £7k cash were found in this man’s Gloucester house just 19 days after a previous police raid

He’s been jailed

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• 11:57, 13 NOV 2017

Just 19 days after having his home searched for drugs by police, a 45-year-old Gloucester man was found to have over a kilo of cannabis on the premises when officers returned for a second raid in August this year.

Javid Tagari, of Blenheim Road, Gloucester, was given a two year jail term at Gloucester Crown Court after he admitted being in possession of cannabis with intent to supply on both August 5 and 24 this year.

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Judge Michael Cullum heard that as well as drugs with a street value of £13,520, a total of £7,353 in cash was found.

Tagari also admitted offering to supply a class B drug, namely cannabis, between May 31 and August 6 this year. The evidence of that offence was found on his mobile phone. The court was told it showed him to be a ‘low level cannabis dealer’.

Prosecutor, Janine Wood, explained that Tagari came to the police’s attention on August 5 when they saw a vehicle that he was driving on Corinium Avenue apparently racing another car.

When they stopped Tagari’s car they noted a smell of cannabis, and although Tagari passed a roadside drug screening swab, the officers conducted a search of his home.

During the search 22.4 grams of cannabis was found with an estimated street value of £224. Officers also found cash totalling £6,548, and two mobile phones which were seized and examined.

Mrs Wood said the analysis of the phones showed: “Communications relating to the supply of drugs, and that the controller of the phone was a low level cannabis dealer.”

This led to the second search on August 24 and when police attended Tagari told them: “There’s a kilo of weed in the shed.”

Mrs Wood said that the officers found a large bag of cannabis in the shed. It weighed of 1,042 grams and had a street value of £10,420.

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Further cannabis was located at the property, taking the total amount found to 1,351.4 grams.

The police also found another £805, taking the amount of money seized to £7,353. The judge ordered that all the cash will be forfeited under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Mrs Wood said Tagari had eight previous convictions for 27 offences – but none for supplying drugs.

Tagari’s lawyer, Steven Young, said he recognised “the significant aggravating feature was the second offence, committed whilst on bail for the first”.

Mr Young added: “He is 45 and lives with one of his sisters. His three children aged 18, 12 and 10 also live there. His sister doesn’t have a partner, and his wife now lives in India. They are separated. He has had the care of his children for a number of years.

“Courts frown upon drug offences in sight of children, but the drugs were in the outhouse. No drug paraphernalia was in the house. He tried to ensure the children did not come into contact with drugs.

“He has had a cannabis addiction since aged 15. He has used cannabis on and off for many years. He has also used more serious drugs including cocaine.

“He was not working, had a drug addiction, and he was gambling. He was selling cannabis to friends, and the proceeds went on to buying other drugs to use and also sell on.”

Mr Young said that his client had long gaps between his previous convictions.

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He said: “Those gaps were principally when he was working, and was buying cannabis with wages from his job. He worked for Royal Mail for about four years and was well respected.

“This year he has been selling cannabis to fund his habit. He has never been to prison prior to these offences being committed.

“He was released after the first incident and then three weeks later the police go again to his address and he has bought a significant amount of cannabis.

“The pre-sentence report proposes a suspended sentence. He has had periods where he has contributed to the community. He hasn’t always been a bad man, a pure criminal. I still ask Your Honour to consider a suspended sentence, if that is not an option then to impose the least sentence in accordance with your duty” Mr Young concluded.

The judge said: “What makes this particularly serious is obvious. You were stopped on August 5, and you got yourself back in business by August 24, 19 days later.

“Putting it bluntly you had £10,000 of cannabis, a large amount. There should be, and there will be consecutive sentences, but I bear in mind the total sentence you will receive.

“This was a significant commercial operation.”

The judge imposed 12 months jail for the offences on August 5 and 12 months consecutive for the August 24 offences, making a total of two years immediate custody.

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