The investigation over past months was part of a police crackdown on global crime networks producing commercial quantities of the drug.
Police today announced they have charged 19 people over the seizure of more than $80 million worth of cannabis following raids at New South Wales properties over past months.
Events began on April 3 when detectives raided a property at Kemps Creek, west of Sydney, and searched 16 commercial-sized greenhouses designed to grow cannabis and refine it for distribution.Police arrested 19 people and seized $80 million worth of cannabis during raids at NSW properties over past months. More than 5000 cannabis pants, with an estimated street value of $18 million, were confiscated.
They arrested six men and four women, aged between 28 and 64 years old, and seized 66kg of cannabis with an estimated street value of $4 million.
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