Woolgoolga cannabis bust: Abandoned ‘living quarters’ under investigation into ‘organised network’
Delivery drivers may be able to assist authorities as they investigate a cannabis farm worth over $8m and a “cleared out” living quarters found on the state’s Mid-North-Coast. Here’s what we know.
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Delivery drivers may be able to assist police as they investigate a cannabis farm worth over $8m and a “cleared out” living quarters found on the state’s Mid-North-Coast.
As the investigation into the discovery of 4,000 cannabis plants in ten hot houses at Woolgoolga continues, police say delivery drivers may have visited the Solitary Islands Way property which housed a living quarters.
A call-out on January 24 from NSW Fire and Rescue to an “accidental” shed fire led police to bust the “significant” cannabis farm but when police attended “everyone was gone”.
“And in fact a living quarters had been cleared out,” Coffs/Clarence Police District Crime Manager Detective Chief Inspector Guy Flaherty said.
The abandoned quarters form part of the ongoing investigation into what authorities describe as “one of the larger urban finds that we’ve had in many months”.
Insp Flaherty said the sophisticated set-up was from “an organised network” however it’s unclear if the network is linked to an international syndicate.
“It’s set up for the purposes of cultivation and short-term turnaround,” Insp Flaherty said.
“The plant size ranged from between 15cm to two and a half metres tall.”
No charges have been laid to date.
Police are urging anyone with information to call Coffs/Clarence detectives or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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