busted scrog

[spaceleaf]

nsw cops busted a massive indoor scrog grow worth $365000 bucks.they were so tall the cops could walk under neath it. the grow had about 8 or so lights ,what looked to be 1000w . i seen footage on chnnel ten news. i bet the growers a spewin, they were freakin huge.

[New Holland]

I didn't see that. I never get a chance to watch the news, I'm usually at work. Does Channel 10 have a web site where you can download the vidio footage?

[spaceleaf]

try www.channel 10.com.au that mite work mite not?

[Frazz]

Man to face court over cannabis crop

 

August 9, 2007 - 6:49AM

 

 

A man will face court on Thursday charged with growing some of the largest cannabis plants NSW officers have ever seen, police said.

 

A 55-year-old man from the southern Sydney suburb of Brighton-le-Sands will appear in Kogarah Local Court on Thursday after police discovered the plants, some up to three metres tall.

 

Police raided two properties at Campsie and Brighton-le-Sands just before 4pm (AEST) on Wednesday.

 

The property at Omaha Street, Campsie, allegedly had 72 cannabis plants of various sizes growing in an extensive hydroponic set-up.

 

The street value of the plants has been estimated at $360,000.

 

The man was arrested on Thursday morning and charged with cultivating an indictable quantity of a prohibited plant and a number of other drug-related matters.

 

He has been refused bail.

 

Before the man was charged, police said they also found six grams of the prohibited drug ice during the raids.

 

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Man...6530479885.html

 

[Al B. Fuct]

The property at Omaha Street, Campsie, allegedly had 72 cannabis plants of various sizes growing in an extensive hydroponic set-up.

 

The street value of the plants has been estimated at $360,000.

 

72 plants @ $360,000 is $5000 per. "Cop price" is a fraud that surely suckers some poor sods into growing, thinking that you can actually GET $5000 for a single plant...

 

And 3m tall plants? That fella should have been here reading about SoG. Who needs 3m tall plants, ffs?

 

Can't believe the guy was refused bail for 72 plants.. but with NSW's arbitrary and capricious hydroponic cannabis cultivation laws, he's looking at 20 years.

[jimbojones5678]

Can't believe the guy was refused bail for 72 plants.. but with NSW's arbitrary and capricious hydroponic cannabis cultivation laws, he's looking at 20 years.

Are you serious??? Geeeezzzz....that's ridiculous!

 

Jimbo

[nugget]

CANNABIS plants up to three metres high - among the tallest police have ever seen - were allegedly found when detectives raided a Sydney home.

Harilaos Spanoudis, 55, from Brighton-le-Sands in Sydney's south, appeared in Kogarah Local Court today on charges of cultivating an indictable quantity of a prohibited plant, supplying a commercial quantity of cannabis and using electricity without authority.

 

Police arrested Mr Spanoudis today following raids on two houses in the Sydney suburbs of Campsie and Brighton-le-Sands yesterday afternoon that allegedly turned up $360,000 worth of cannabis.

 

Facts tendered to the court state police found a "sophisticated hydroponic set up'' at the Omaha Street property at Campsie, which utilised an irrigation system and heat lamps.

 

Police allege 72 cannabis plants ranging in size from 5cm to 3m were seized from that address.

 

Four of the plants were allegedly more than 3m tall with trunk diameters of more than 10cm.

 

Also found in the house was 5.2kg of what police believe is dried cannabis leaf and two bags containing 5.2 grams of what officers say is the prohibited drug ice.

 

Documents before the court stated police had Spanoudis under surveillance when he made regular visits to the property where the cannabis plants were found.

 

Mr Spanoudis, through his Legal Aid Commission solicitor, did not enter pleas to the charges, but did make an application for bail.

 

Magistrate Ross Clugston refused bail and adjourned the charges to Burwood Local Court on September 27.

 

Prior to the court appearance, police referred to the cannabis plants as being some of "the biggest and highest quality plants'' seen in the state.

 

SOURCE

 

 

Stumps me why people keep leaf lying around, 5.2kg of crap he's being done for on top of everything else

 

 

[Beans]

Woah, that's crazy. I'd be mega pissed if that were my crop.

 

Anyone found a video link for this report?

 

Please post it if you have.

 

Cheers

[Al B. Fuct]

SOURCE

Stumps me why people keep leaf lying around, 5.2kg of crap he's being done for on top of everything else

 

The legal parlance for smokable cannabis in Australia, be it bud or leaf is "cannabis leaf." All cannabis laws specify "cannabis leaf." The law doesn't make the distinction about buds, giving you an idea of just how informed that law was from the drafting.

[Al B. Fuct]

Are you serious??? Geeeezzzz....that's ridiculous!

 

Jimbo

 

 

Yep...

 

03 February 2006

Tougher Penalties for Hydroponic Cannabis Cultivation

 

NSW Premier Morris Iemma today announced new legislation with tougher penalties for the cultivation of powerful hydroponically grown cannabis.

 

The cannabis legislation - the first of its kind in Australia - will create new offences for cultivation of indoor crops and significantly decreases the number of plants required to attract serious penalties up to a maximum of 20 years imprisonment.

 

It will also impose additional penalties for people who endanger children by exposing them to hydroponically grown drug crops in homes.

 

"Hydroponic cannabis can be up to five to seven times stronger in its levels of

THC

- the active ingredient in other cannabis - which makes it more attractive to some cannabis users." Mr Iemma said.

 

"This has worrying consequences for anyone who is a regular user of this form of cannabis.

 

"There is growing and credible evidence linking cannabis use to mental illness - it is not a harmless drug.

 

"Regular cannabis use can exacerbate mental illnesses and is linked to psychosis, depression and even schizophrenia.

 

"Unfortunately, cannabis which is cultivated indoors is more lucrative for criminals because the crop grows faster and has a much larger yield than crops grown outdoors," Mr Iemma said.

 

The Premier said to help tackle this phenomenon we will introduce tough new penalties for indoor cultivation of cannabis.

 

The new laws will include -

 

* A maximum penalty of $220,000 and/or 10 years imprisonment for the cultivation of 5-49 plants for individuals;

* A maximum penalty of $385,000 and/or 15 years imprisonment for the cultivation of 50-199 plants;

* A maximum penalty of $550,000 and/or 20 years imprisonment for the cultivation of 200 or more plants.

 

The new cultivation laws will extend drug premises powers to include hydroponic cannabis houses, giving police the same search warrant powers that already exist for premises where heroin and amphetamine are sold.

 

Persons found on drug premises could incur a maximum penalty of 12 months imprisonment for a first offence and five years imprisonment for subsequent offences.

 

Hydro houses are often suburban homes that have been extensively modified to become hidden full-time cannabis factories,

 

Other measures include:

 

* The maximum penalty for the theft of electricity to power hydro houses will be increased to $11,000 and/or two years imprisonment,

* Penalties for child endangerment, where a child is exposed to the cultivation process or stored substances, could add 20 to 25 per cent on to the offender's sentence, and

* A Hydroponic Retail Task Force is being established to look at regulating the sale and supply of equipment used in hydroponic cultivation.

 

"It is encouraging to see that cannabis use in NSW is decreasing, particularly in young people, but if we are to improve mental health in our community it is essential that we shut down these indoor cannabis factories and punish severely the criminals behind them."

 

The Premier today also said the Government was finalising measures in response to the Cannabis Cautioning Evaluation.

 

This Evaluation assessed the effectiveness of the Cannabis Cautioning Scheme which has seen close to 18,000 cautions issued since its inception.

 

Mr Iemma said he wanted to explore whether any further changes to the scheme are necessary to enhance counselling and treatment options for people who receive caution notices.

 

"This is a scheme that has obvious merits in giving police greater discretion and flexibility, freeing up frontline police," Mr Iemma said

 

"No one wants to see a young person who has made a genuine mistake, unfairly punished.

 

"But we cannot downplay the health and social consequences of regular cannabis use.

 

"That's why I want to see whether this program can provide us with an additional opportunity to reach young people and warn them of the dangers of using this illegal drug and giving them any support they might need," the Premier said.

 

Iemma's hydro laws are based in the 'Not Your Father's Marijuana' myth. If the 5-7% THC cannabis from the 1960s were 5-8x stronger per Iemma's claim, it would contain 25%-56% THC by weight. Considering THC forms only a small part of the resin on a plant, any such superplant would be nothing more than a glob of resin on a stem. When Morris Iemma works out how to grow a plant that does that, I hope like hell he lets us (and evidence-based drug researchers) in on it, cos no one else has quite worked that out yet... Worst of all is the supposition that if cannabis has more THC, it's more harmful, when in fact the opposite is true. Cannabis users smoke less when there's more THC in the buds. We're not dealing with alcohol or opiates where such a judgement would be reasonable- but passing laws based on total ignorance seems not uncommon with Iemma.

 

And still, here's a real live law based on an absolute falsehood, which was invented by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP aka Drug Czar) in Washington DC... and this law is putting Aussies in jail for 20 years.