Man charged over $1m cannabis haul

[Indycar]

May 24, 2008 08:24am

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ALMOST $1 million worth of cannabis plants have been seized from a house in Sydney's southwest, police say.

 

Police executed a search warrant on a house in Wianamatta Drive at Cartwright about 12.10pm (AEST) yesterday.

 

They seized more than 260 hydroponically grown cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $940,000 and an elaborate hydroponics set-up.

 

A 21-year-old Cartwright man has been charged with cultivating a larger than commercial quantity of a prohibited plant and bypassing the electricity meter.

 

He has been refused bail and will appear in Parramatta Bail Court later today.

 

Police said it was too early to rule it out, but there was no suspicion the operation had any connection to the sophisticated hydroponic cannabis operations recently uncovered in seven extensively modified homes in nearby suburbs.

 

About 2000 high quality plants worth more than $11 million were seized from "hydro houses" in Blair Athol, Bradbury and Auburn last week.

Source: www.news.com.au

[WantDaChronic]

cant believe people are still dumb enough to steal power

[gouger]

Yeah someone else said something about how the cops could find out who was growing by the amount of power they used. He used that as an excuse for not starting a growing cabinet.. I said if you are only starting a growing cabinet it will use no more power than a beer fridge.

 

People who steal power are trying to maximise their profit without using their brain.

[snowboardin_stoner]

when i was a first year apprentice (electrician) we came across a house that had bypassed meter. we were called in to rewire the house, had it turned off at switchboard, started going round testing shit before disconnecting and was like wtf... what have i done wrong... long story short, very dangerous and if your house burns down no insurance will cover ya