A COUNCIL tenant has been cleared of having cannabis, amphetamine and thousands of pounds of cash in a house registered in his name.
Stephen Bostock, 54, of Cranwell Road, Strelley, was found not guilty by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday.
He denied knowing anything about the drugs that police discovered by chance in Bramley Road, Broxtowe Estate, on July 12 last year.
Police investigating a burglary in Bramley Road "followed their noses" when they smelt cannabis in the air, his trial heard.
The smell led them to the home of Mr Bostock, who was not there at the time.
On the kitchen table sat a box containing 444 grams of cannabis, worth about £2,500.
Officers secured the property and conducted a thorough search the following day.
They then found frozen amphetamine, with a wholesale price of £6,000, in four bags in a freezer and £4,200 in cash in a bag in a kitchen drawer.
Officers discovered the house was registered to Mr Bostock.
He said in a written statement to them that he was not living there and that he was staying at his daughter's because of health problems.
He has since named two other men who had a key to the front door. One of the them, he said, was doing him a service looking after his house.
Yesterday, he was cleared of possessing cannabis with intent to supply, producing cannabis and possessing amphetamine with intent to supply and possessing criminal property, in the form of the cash.
