Man in custody over 15 charges

Christopher Noel Stephens, 28, appeared in Masterton District Court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to all charges

A Masterton man has pleaded guilty to 15, mostly drug-related charges, and was held in police custody until his sentencing.

Christopher Noel Stephens, 28, appeared in Masterton District Court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to all charges, including cultivation of cannabis, possession of cannabis for supply, possession of utensils for Methamphetamine, receiving property and burglary.

The police summary of facts said on October 17 police searched Stephen's address and found a glass 'P' pipe, a cardboard pipe and a harmonica case full of empty plastic point bags.

On the floor, in a small tray were 25 cannabis seedlings ranging in size from 10cm to 30cm.

In an old pizza box was a large amount of dried cannabis and in a cabinet a cardboard tray contained semi-dried cannabis, which weighed 130 grams, the presumed weight for supply is 28 grams.

When spoken to by police Stephens admitted everything was his.

On November 12 police again searched Stephens' home and found 22 individual wrapped cannabis bullets, "tinnies" hidden in a cellphone box and a silver grow tent used for the cultivation of cannabis.

Throughout Stephens' bedroom they found a number of cannabis and methamphetamine utensils.

An Apple iPad mini, an Acer laptop and an Apple iPad were also discovered.

When spoken to by police Stephen said the utensils were his for his own personal use and said he purchased the iPad a couple of weeks ago for $200 and the laptop a couple of months ago for about $200.

Judge Peter Hobbs convicted Stephens and remanded him in custody until December 12 for sentencing.