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Two paintball guns found in the property were also "not weapons", he said, and there had been no evidence Mr Claughton had ever used them against a person. Mr Hazel-Owram said minor explosives had been installed after Mr Claughton suffered break-ins from travellers, some time before he started growing cannabis. At a third property, occupied by Lesley Claughton, police found amphetamine stored in a Maltesers chocolate box in the fridge as well as 1.5kg of the drug in "little snack bags" in the bread bin. Police also found a crossbow, crossbow bolts, a knife and "an enormous amount of cash", including £27,000 hidden in a sofa. Both deny having obtained any of the cash found inside the three properties through illegal dealings. They say it had come from car boot sales, inheritance, selling tools and from an old business that had wound up. Ms Claughton denies knowledge of the drugs found in her kitchen and the weapons found next to her bed. The mother of three, who the court heard was in receipt of Universal Credit, said the money stitched into the sofa belonged to her husband. The trial continues.
