Australian English teacher deported from China for growing marijuana in apartment

An Australian English teacher has been deported from China after police found a commercial quantity of marijuana in his apartment.

The 34-year-old identified by the Xinhua news service as David Robert Ancel Green was caught with dozens of marijuana plants, a generator, heat lamps, and a fan.

Police also seized music and bird sounds the Australian told authorities he played to his crop.

Video of the raid shows police forcing their way into the man's rented flat in the eastern city of Changshu. The teacher's face in blurred in the video.

Green is said to have lived in the country for 14 years, the ABC reports.

Police said the Australian acquired the seeds and a growing manual from the internet.

He was held for 13 days before being repatriated and is banned from re-entering the country for 12 months.

The punishment seems lenient and the expat should consider himself...

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