Seven arrested in drug raids

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SEVEN people have been arrested in police raids on houses in Sydney and in the western NSW town of Cowra.

 

The raids overnight - in which cannabis, ice and ecstasy were seized - followed a nine-month investigation in Cowra.

 

The drugs were sourced from Sydney, police said.

 

A raid on a property at Condell Park allegedly turned up a hydroponic cannabis set-up with more than 100 plants with an estimated potential street value of $200,000.

 

Police also raided a property in Marrickville, seizing 30 cannabis plants, worth up to $50,000.

 

A woman and three children were at the premises.

 

In one raid in an inner Sydney suburb three men were arrested, one of whom had entered Australia illegally.

 

Another was charged with drug supply and money laundering. He will appear in Central Local Court today.

 

The third man was granted bail to appear at a later date.

 

A man and woman from Cowra and a man and woman from Condell Park were also arrested at a truck stop on the Great Western Highway at Lithgow.

 

Police allegedly seized an amount of ice and some cash.

 

The four were still being questioned.