AAP General News (Australia)
12-16-1999
NSW: Police seize $9.7 million cannabis, arrest 13
Police have seized more than $9.7 million worth of cannabis on the New South Wales
north coast over the past six weeks.
New South Wales police say 13 people were charged with cultivating prohibited plants
after police found 4,892 cannabis plants and 14 kilograms of harvested cannabis during
three operations.
Detective Superintendent KEN MCKAY, from the Organised Crime unit says two of the 13
people were charged with cultivating commercial quantities of the plants.
He says police are taking action to confiscate two rural properties on which the cannabis
was grown.
Det Supt MCKAY said the arrests were the result of three operations in the Richmond,
Mid-north Coast and Coffs/Clarence local area commands, under the Cannabis Eradication
program.
The operations involved the Police Aviation Support Branch, Local Area Commands, the
Dog Squad and the Radio Electronics Unit.
AAP RTV km/pjg
KEYWORD: CANNABIS (SYDNEY)
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