SA: Three men charged over massive cannabis crop

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2004
SA: Three men charged over massive cannabis crop

ADELAIDE, Feb 10 AAP - Three men were charged with drug offences after police discovered
cannabis cops with a potential street value of $16 million in South Australia's mid north.

About 6000 marijuana plants were discovered yesterday growing hydroponically in sheds
and buildings on a property at Bower, about 25km north of Eudunda, a police spokesman
said.

Three men - a 35 year-old from Brownlow, a 41-year-old from Athol Park and a 31-year-old
from Prospect - had been charged with cultivating cannabis for sale, the spokesman said.

He estimated about 640,000 street deals of cannabis had been prevented by the discovery,
made by police after a routine assault inquiry about 4pm CDT yesterday.

Meanwhile, a "significant" amount of drugs were seized and a 31-year-old man from Adelaide's
eastern suburbs charged with drug offences during a separate police raid yesterday.

A police spokeswoman said further details of the raid would be released later today
amid unconfirmed media reports that about $40 million worth of drugs had been seized.

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KEYWORD: CANNABIS

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