Batley Man Admits Growing Cannabis Plants In Home

A Batley man will be sentenced next month after a cannabis farm was found at his home.

Tariq Ditta, of Clifton Terrace in Batley, pleaded guilty at Kirklees Magistrates court to producing the class B drug on July 14. 

The court was told that officers recovered 37 plants growing at his property when acting on a local tip off they searched his home.

45-year-old Tariq Ditta will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on March 10.

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