Clothes, including a cap, worn by a George Town man which was captured on police surveillance footage at a remote drug compound is critical evidence in a drug trial, a Supreme Court jury heard.
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John David Clinton has pleaded not guilty to cultivating cannabis for sale between October 2018 and January 2019.
Crown prosecutor John Ransom said Mr Clinton cultivated 544 cannabis plants on three properties at George Town and two others near Bridport and was in possession of 181 seeds.
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Two of the properties were bush blocks in Barnbougle Road, owned by persons other than Mr Clinton, and the third was Mr Clinton's block at the George Town end of Bridport Road.
Defence counsel Evan Hughes said his case was that Mr Clinton was not aware of and not involved in the cultivation.
He said it was clear that somebody was involved in the cultivation of cannabis but it wasn't Mr Clinton.
Constable Mark Williams gave evidence that police searched the Barnbougle Road properties on January 7, 2019.
Police found three compounds containing 373 semi-mature plants and a sophisticated cultivation regime including fencing and watering of cannabis plants using solar power.
Motion-censored surveillance cameras were installed.
On January 8, police raided Mr Clinton's Bridport Road property where 171 semi-mature cannabis plants were grown in five compounds.
Constable Williams recorded several interviews with Mr Clinton who was wearing a cap bearing the word UNIT, track pants and a short-sleeved blue shirt.
Mr Clinton denied any knowledge of the plants in the interviews.
Constable Williams said that on January 14, 2019, police returned to the Barnbougle Road properties and seized plants, equipment and retrieved the footage.
Items were forwarded to Forensic Science Services Tasmania.
Constable Williams said that when vision from the surveillance cameras was downloaded, three items of clothing were of interest - a cap, tracksuit pants and a shirt underneath a jumper.
The trial before Acting Justice Brian Martin continues.
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