Blue Mountains: Tong Truong and Tiep Huynh face court
Two western Sydney men allegedly found with 70kg of cannabis stuffed in the back of a van in the picturesque Blue Mountains have faced court.
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Two men who police allege were part of a $1 million cannabis operation run out of the Blue Mountains have had their matter adjourned in court.
Tong Truong, 44, of Fairfield West, and Tiep Huynh, 40, of Cabramatta, did not appear at a brief mention in Penrith Court on Friday morning.
Police will allege in court Truong and Huynh were pulled over for a random breath test in Lawson on December 5 last year, during which police noticed a strong smell.
Police searched their van and allegedly found 71.32kg of cannabis with an estimated street value of $350,000.
The two men were arrested and charged with supplying a prohibited drug and cultivating a prohibited plant.
Subsequent investigations led police to an address in Lawson where they allegedly found a hydroponic cannabis set-up of more than 800 plants with an estimated street value of more than $1 million. A third man was arrested at the scene.
Truong and Huynh will next appear at Penrith Local Court for committal on May 8.