Cannabis worth $1.5m seized when hydro house raided - Muswellbrook

Saturday, 27 July 2024 07:52:27 AM

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Cannabis with an estimated potential street value of $1.5m has been seized when a house in the state’s Hunter region was searched yesterday.

Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District commenced an investigation in March this year (2024), after information was received that a building in Muswellbrook was being used to cultivate cannabis.

Following inquiries, police executed a search warrant at a home on Woollybutt Way, Muswellbrook, about 3.40pm yesterday (Friday 26 July 2024).

Police located a hydroponic setup and harvested drugs with an estimated potential street value of more than $1.1m, as well as more than 200 plants with an estimated potential street value of about $400,000.

Two men, aged 41 and 45, and a 35-year-old woman were arrested at the scene.

They were taken to Muswellbrook Police Station and charged with knowingly take part in the cultivation of cannabis plants large commercial quantity, and take part in the supply of cannabis leaf commercial.

They were all refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court today (Saturday 27 July 2024).

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