Ric StevensOpen Justice reporter·NZ Herald·18 Jul, 2026 05:00 AM4 mins to read‌Police found a cannabis-growing operation in two bedrooms of an Ashburton house belonging to Haylee Jayne McGrath. Photo / APA woman who turned part of her house into a “sophisticated” cannabis-growing operation used some of the drugs to pay tradies doing renovations on the property.More than 65 mature cannabis plants and nine seedlings were discovered when police raided Haylee Jayne McGrath’s Ashburton property in September 2024.

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