A Patchway man who allowed his garage to be turned into a makeshift cannabis factory has been jailed for 15 months at Bristol Crown Court, reports the Evening Post. Paul Townsend, 36, of Kestrel Close, had been arrested after his garage caught fire in September last year. Firefighters attending the blaze alerted the police and Townsend subsequently admitted growing 34
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A Patchway man has been jailed for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to growing cannabis for “self-medication”, reports the Bristol Evening Post. Luke Bickford had been arrested in September 2011 following a police raid that discovered 48 cannabis plants growing in a back room at his Bradley Road home. The raid followed a tip-off and a check by the
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A man has been arrested for possession of illegal drugs after he attempted to run away after a car was stopped by police in Patchway. The officers involved were working on Operation Tonic, Avon and Somerset Police’s Christmas anti-drink/drug driving campaign that was launched recently at Aztec West. Later, at the police station, the man was found to be in
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People in Filton and Patchway who have a child, partner or relative with drink or drug problems can get help from a new local service. The West Country-based charity Developing Health and Independence (DHI) is running a support group and one-to-one counselling sessions for local families. The support group, called Families Also Matter, meets at the Sure Start Centre in
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