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source http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8236007 13:29 AEST Tue Apr 12 2011 Police have seized 1000 cannabis plants from 10 suburban Melbourne homes, along with cash, cars and even furniture. Nine people were arrested over drug-related offences after police raids at 10 homes in the south-eastern suburbs which were allegedly being used to grow cannabis in hydroponic set-ups. About 1000 cannabis plants were seized along with $90,000 in cash, five cars and a large amount of household furniture, police said. About $4 million worth of property was also expected to be confiscated as the proceeds of crime. Frankston police simultaneously raided 10 homes in Car…

Police also found a "large amount of chemical equipment" in the backyard shed that was allegedly used to make "large quantities of prohibited drugs" as well as 500g of cannabis and other prescribed restricted substances. Childs, 35, whose real name is ... View the full article

A senior member of the Finks motorcycle gang faces firearms and cannabis charges after police found an underground bunker in his shed. The man was charged on Friday after police searched his home and found an elaborate bunker in the shed at Para Hills in ... View the full article

Prosecutor Kris Ashen said police found Boyle in possession of 10 "brown tablets'', a "tick sheet'' of people drugs had been sold to and a set of scales used to weigh marijuana when they searched the dealer's car. Mr Ashen said they also found a mobile ... View the full article

The study being released today by The Partnership at Drugfree.org also showed upward trends in marijuana and Ecstasy use among young people in grades 9 through 12. Among teens, the average age when they had their first drink was 14, the study said. View the full article

Cannabis users cost NSW taxpayers more than $700 million every year, a new report shows, and offenders, especially children, are doing little to seek help after being caught using the illegal drug. NSW Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat on Thursday ... View the full article

Police say they discovered a commercial quantity of cannabis in north-east Victoria yesterday. Police searched two properties in Chiltern and one in Rutherglen, seizing 75 kilograms of cannabis plants and dried cannabis. Two men and a woman from Chiltern ... View the full article

Police obtained a search warrant for the premises and located 484 cannabis plants up to two metres tall. They have an estimated street value of $970,000. A total of 1773 cannabis plants were found in the Wytaliba, Diehard and Chaleundi areas with an ... View the full article

As police investigated the incident, officers found the remnants of mature cannabis plants that had been growing in a hydroponic garden system inside the house. A 32-year-old resident has been charged with a raft of offences including producing and ... View the full article

MORE than 70 kilograms of cannabis with a potential street value of $500,000 was seized from two neighbouring Chiltern properties yesterday. Police also seized two Harley Davidson motorcycles valued at more than $30,000 each, thought to have been purchased ... View the full article

A MAN who called police to report that guns had been stolen from his home was arrested on drug charges when police found a hydroponic cannabis set-up at the house. Police said an unknown offender had broken into the Mindarie Crescent , Wellington Point ... View the full article

They were acute cocaine toxicity and chronic mental illness. An autopsy also showed traces of marijuana and prescription drugs in Moss' system that were used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, according to the report. The medical examiner found ... View the full article

Hydroponic facilities for growing cannabis are becoming more prevalent in Ballarat rental houses, police say. Members of Ballarat’s Divisional Response Unit, charged with tackling drug activity in Ballarat and the broader police service area, are ... View the full article