Briton gets suspended sentence for 8.8 kg marijuana grow in Osenovo
Varna District Court gave UK citizen Jody Macon a three-year suspended sentence and a BGN 9,900 fine on 18 February 2010 after he admitted growing 8.826 kg of marijuana in Osenovo. Police had raided the house he shared with two other Britons in July 2009; the cases against Michelle Wood and John Teague were dropped.
🇧🇬 Osenovo, Aksakovo municipality, Varna Province · Bulgaria
Police raided a house in Osenovo near Varna in July 2009, inhabited by three UK
citizens, and found 8.826 kg of marijuana with an estimated street value of
BGN 35,304.[1]UK citizen Jody Macon admitted the cultivation charge and
reached an agreement with Varna District Court.[1]
On 18 February 2010 the court handed Macon a three-year suspended sentence and
a BGN 9,900 fine.[1]The complicity case against the other two Britons,
Michelle Wood and John Teague, was dropped for lack of evidence.[1]
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