Full-time carer Nicole Maree King busted with 920g of cannabis during police raid

A woman has claimed she sourced almost 1kg of cannabis after her prescription for medical cannabis oil was not helping to control her medical conditions.

A WOMAN has claimed she sourced almost 1kg of cannabis after her prescription for medical cannabis oil did not help control her conditions.

Nicole Maree King, 43, was found in possession of 921g of cannabis after an early morning police raid uncovered the drug at her Mundingburra home.

Police located two vacuumed sealed bags containing 460g of cannabis each.

The search also uncovered a clip seal bag with 1g of cannabis, a metal pipe, a bong, cannabis seeds and a pair of scissors with cannabis residue on the metal.

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The court heard, King declared the cannabis as medical marijuana but could not provide any proof or a prescription to police.

Police prosecutor Peter Obermayer said the prosecution did not allege there was a commerciality aspect to the amount of drugs located.

King pleaded guilty to three charges including possessing dangerous drugs.

Defence lawyer Bradley Searston told Magistrate Ken Taylor his client was a full-time carer to four family members and suffered from stress, migraines, headaches and had trouble sleeping.

Mr Searston presented to the court a shipping packing slip to her pharmacist for cannabis oil and said King had taken her health into her own hands.

“While she hoped her prescription would have be the solution to her health problems, this did not prove to be the case,” he said.

“She therefore unfortunately purchased cannabis in the quantity that she possessed at a lesser cost overall than smaller quantities of cannabis.”

Mr Searston said King’s general practitioner was currently reviewing her prescription for medical cannabis oil.

Magistrate Taylor fined King $600.

Convictions were not recorded.

Originally published as Full-time carer Nicole Maree King busted with 920g of cannabis during police raid