Sunday 10 March 2019
Cannabis worth $24.2 million nabbed across northern NSW
The Bellingen Courier-Sun, 5 March 2019:
More than 12,000
cannabis plants have been seized by police as part of this year’s Cannabis
Eradication Program in the state’s north.
The CEP is an annual
operation, led by detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms
Squad, which targets the outdoor cultivation of cannabis throughout Northern
NSW.
Detectives were assisted
by police from New England, Tweed/Byron, Richmond, and Coffs/Clarence Police
Districts, as well as PolAir, the Dog Unit, Rural Crime Investigators, and
other specialist units.
During this season’s
program, police seized 12,096 plants, with an estimated potential street value
of more than $24.2 million.
This includes 4153
plants seized in New England Police District between 19 and 23 November 2018,
1692 plants seized in Tweed/Byron Police District between 4 and 8 February
2019, 3503 plants seized in Richmond Police District between 18 and 22 February
2019, and 2748 plants seized in Coffs/Clarence Police District between 25
February and 1 March 2019.
All the plants were
certified by an agronomist and have since been destroyed.
Officers also seized
about 30kg of cannabis head and leaf, 1kg of cannabis resin, and various
calibres of ammunition.
In total, 25 people were
served Court Attendance Notices for various drug and firearms/ammunition
offences.
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