A man and his stepson who were both involved in drugs have been jailed for a total of more than four years.
Derek Adam, 43, was jailed for three years for growing cannabis.
His stepson Jake Thomson, 27, was jailed for 19 months for supplying cocaine.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard Adam had converted the loft at his home on Alloway Terrace to hold a large cannabis cultivation.
Adam had converted a cupboard to allow access to the loft where police found 154 cannabis plants — with a potential street value of £24,640.
Fiscal depute Vicki Bell told the court sophisticated equipment for growing the drug was found at the property.
She said police also searched a second property on Alloway Terrace where his new wife Angela Thomson lives.
The fiscal said: “During the search at the second house a large amount of cultivation equipment with a similar set up in the loft was found.”
While police were searching Adam’s wife’s home, they found cocaine in his stepson Jake Thomson’s bedroom with a value of £950 to £1,900.
Text messages were found on Thomson’s phone from customers asking for drugs, to which he had replied with prices.
Adam admitted producing cannabis, a class B drug, at Alloway Terrace, between May 5 2013 and August 9 2014.
Solicitor Ian Houston, defending Adam, said: “This was not for anything other than his own medicinal use. He has been diagnosed with sciatica, which causes inflammation of his spine, and anxiety.”
Thomson, now of Clepington Road, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine, a class A drug, between May 5 2013 and August 9 2014, at Alloway Terrace.
Solicitor George Donnelly, defending, said: “He was an agent for his own dealer and would get a discount on cocaine when he introduced new people.”
Mr Donnelly added that Thomson was homeless at the time of the offence and leading a chaotic lifestyle.
Sheriff Alastair Brown said: “Mr Adam was involved in a large cultivation over two sites. I do consider he was motivated by financial gain and not for personal use. Mr Thomson was a street-level dealer but similar intention is still there as he benefited in kind.”
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