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Daniel Hannan (left, circled) outside Swindon Magistrates Court A CANNABIS thief went along to a Home Office-sanctioned drug farm because he’d heard there was “field after field” of plants, magistrates were told. Daniel Hannan happened to go along to the cannabis farm near Swindon, the location of which was not disclosed at Swindon Magistrates’ Court yesterday, on the same day as a larger group. But 27-year-old Hannan maintained he had not been part of the bigger gang – telling JPs from the dock that he had gone along with one other friend. Fining him £230, chairman of the bench Dean Suckling said: “We’ve listened very carefully to your defence and we believe it was opportunistic, you acted alone and you only took a small quantity.” ....