$42m crop found

[freddie]

$42m marijuana crop found

Article from: The Courier-Mail

 

 

By Robyn Ironside

 

July 02, 2008 11:20am

 

POLICE have uncovered about 17,000 cannabis plants - estimated to have a street value of $42 million - in one of Queensland's biggest marijuana hauls.

 

Up to 3000 mature cannabis plants and more than 14,000 drying plants were discovered during police raids on the property "Kinvarra" on Hollybank Rd, Waroo, near Inglewood in the state's south.

 

Sixty 200-litre drums of harvested cannabis were also found in two massive sheds covering 1800sq m - or twice the size of an average suburban block.

 

Police southern region crime co-ordinator Detective Inspector Noel Ragh said public assistance and good police work had prevented enormous amounts of the drugs from being distributed.

 

"The public is the eyes and ears of the Queensland Police Service; without their support our job would be that much harder," Insp Ragh said.

 

"Today's seizure is the culmination of months of intelligence and investigation. The result speaks for itself."

 

Police Minister Judy Spence congratulated all the officers involved in the raids.

 

"I understand this is one of the largest marijuana crops ever uncovered in Queensland," she said.

 

"This shows that police are successfully targeting large-scale drug production and will continue to crack down on illegal drugs in this state."

 

A 54-year-old man and his 28-year-old son were arrested by police and charged with possessing and producing a dangerous drug, unlawful possession of a handgun and other offences.

 

They will appear in the Warwick Magistrate's Court today.

 

State Drug Squad Acting Detective Inspector Kerry Johnson said the seizure highlighted the organised and dangerous nature of cannabis production.

 

"Investigators allegedly located a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol when they went to a house to speak to two men about the cannabis," Insp Johnson said.

 

"The gun was allegedly found in a house in a location which made it readily accessible, it was loaded, with a magazine fitted and a round in the chamber.

 

"The production of cannabis remains a highly organised and profitable activity with the people involved prepared to go to great lengths to protect their investment."

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...785-952,00.html

 

Now thats a bust!

[loylty gets u nothing]

ud be pissed if u just finished manicurin..

fuck thats a big whole in the commercial scene

poor buggers hey

bil

[Rocker]

More bad news. It just goes on and on.

[samboo]

i'd love to stumble upon something like that.

incredible

[Reverend]

and they say no weed in Queensland, I guess their right now.

[Rocker]

I saw it on the news. Talk about growing in the open!

 

It was a dob in job too. As they say, 'too many cooks spoil the broth.'

[Nooby]

I saw it on the news. Talk about growing in the open!

 

It was a dob in job too. As they say, 'too many cooks spoil the broth.'

 

 

Or maybe if people were nicer to their neighbours they wouldn't dob them in? ;-)

[freddie]

Record $450m cannabis haul

Georgina Robinson | July 3, 2008 - 1:37PM

 

Police say further investigations into a drug plantation in Queensland's Southern Downs have uncovered $450 million worth of cannabis product.

 

Chieft Superintendent Ross Barnett said the massive haul, which included 20,000 trees and eight tonnes of dried cannabis, made the discovery one of the largest in the country.

 

Officers initially estimated the seizure at $42 million - less than one-tenth of its revised worth.

 

The plants were found on a remote, 4000 acre property at Waroo, near Inglewood, yesterday. An alleged harvesting operation was also concealed in two sheds said to be twice the size of a suburban house block.

 

A father and son have been charged over the record haul and were due to face Warwick Magistrates Court today.

 

This is an update. As you can see they have x10 the original estimate and the plants are now TREES. Well the ones I saw in a photo actually looked like small bushes less than 60cm tall and considering its now flowering time they weren't about to become TREES any time soon. Coulda just been a bad photo though.

This is actually pretty massive. Imagine the work in looking after that lot. I wonder what seeds they were. Imagine having to sort the males out.

edit: forgot link

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queen...4950920869.html

Edited July 3, 2008 by freddie

[hippo]

This will put a pretty big hole in the market

 

They always seem, to inflate and round up these things to make the haul seem even bigger.

[nimrod13]

It was all for personal use your honour!! You cant grow crops that big outdoors anymore.One crop like that should set you up for life.I hope it was a one off as they will refer to old satellite images now for the area and work out how long they've been growing for.