NSW: Police seize $300,000 worth of cannabis plants.
05 Mar 2009 8:59 PM
SYDNEY, March 5 AAP - Police have charged two men on the NSW far north coast after finding cannabis plants with an estimated street value of about $300,000.
Police said about 1.50pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, officers raided a property at Dyraaba, near Lismore, where they located a large amount of dried cannabis leaf in a shed and house with an estimated potential street value of $47,500.
Officers also found a cannabis crop containing 82 plants in a forest near the border of the property with an estimated street value of $250,000.
A 45-year-old man and a 22-year-old man have been charged with offences including possession of a prohibited drug and supplying a prohibited drug.
They are both expected to appear at Kyogle Local Court on April 16.
Investigations are continuing.
