Former Territory attorney-general John Elferink finds cannabis dumped on side of road

A FORMER Territory attorney-general and treasurer has found bags of dumped cannabis on the side of the road

John Elferink was out for a Sunday run when he discovered bags of cannabis plants dumped on the side of the road. Picture: ROBYN BECK / AFP

A FORMER Territory attorney-general and treasurer has found bags of dumped cannabis on the side of the road.

John Elferink a former NT health minister, found bags of cannabis plants while out for a run.

John Elferink, who was the attorney-general and later the treasurer under the Terry Mills-led CLP government, was on a Sunday morning jog when he discovered dumped garbage bags on the side of the road.

Mr Elferink, a former police officer who now lives in South Australia, told 7 NEWS he “didn’t think anything off it” until he saw a suspicious shape in one of the bags.

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“I could certainly smell the cannabis and of course you could see what it was,” he said.

“These were plants that were freshly cut, probably at the base, and shoved into some bags.”

A large cannabis crop was discovered by former NT politician John Elferink, stuffed into seven garbage bags in South Australia. Credit: 7 NEWS

The former drug squad member called the police who collected the plants.