Cannabis caverns revealed

[ohmbudsman]

Zane Jackson | 2nd December 2009

http://www.qt.com.au/story/2009/12/02/cann...verns-revealed/

 

 

 

IPSWICH police have discovered a sophisticated underground cannabis farm concealed in four giant shipping containers buried beneath the backyard of a rural home.

 

Detectives found the cannabis crop – which was only accessible from a concealed manhole – at a Mount Walker residence on Monday evening.

 

But it was only yesterday that police were able to access the underground chambers after checking the site for booby-traps.

 

Scenes of Crime officers discovered 52 cannabis plants inside, all of which were impounded along with earth-moving equipment found at the premises.

 

Ipswich CIB Senior Constable Senior Kris Steadman said police had no indication of how long the drug farm had been operating at the Rosewood-Warrill View Road address.

 

“Police were called to the residence at about 7pm on Monday night for a disturbance. The entrance was discovered some time after that and was kept under guard until we could investigate the next day,” he told The Queensland Times.

 

“There are inherent risks with any drug crop that it could have a man-trap, so we waited until the next day so we could safely investigate the crop.”

 

“It’s hard to judge the value of the crop at this stage, but if you didn’t know where to look it would have been hard to find.”

 

It is believed earth-moving equipment was used to dig a hole at the back of the property, into which the shipping containers were placed and then covered with dirt.

 

Police officers began dismantling the underground drug set-up, which had its own electricity supply, about 7am.

 

As well as plants, they seized hydroponic lights and fertiliser.

 

A 41-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man have been charged with drug-related offences, including producing dangerous drugs and possessing dangerous drugs.

 

They have been released on police bail and will appear at Ipswich Magistrates Court on January 5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson to be learnt here somewhere....police called for a disturbance?

[sparkler]

The cops were called to the premises because of a disturbance...? So how did they find out about the underground cavern which was apparantly very well hidden and would of been very difficult to find? Hopefully there'll be more on this story soon as I don't understand how the cops came across a "hard to find" underground cavern if they were there because of a disturbance (domestic I'm guessing?) at 7 o clock at night?

[ohmbudsman]

yes probably a domestic sparkler,

 

with one party really pissed off.

 

I can imagine it,

 

"yeah and the cunts growing dope out the back"

[sparkler]

Ah yeah...I can just picture that now too OBM.

 

The poor bastards should have driven to a local park or shopping centre or somewhere public (like most other Ipswich residents) to have their domestic argument instead of fighting it out (so to speak) at home...would of saved them being caught with all that weed which will now go to waste.

 

Oh well

[spartan]

“but if you didn’t know where to look it would have been hard to find.”

 

i guess they could have been fighting about growing - OR they got dobbed in....

 

Surely you wouldnt put it anywhere near your house on a large rural property.... So why would they be walking around the property?

[brick]

They were dobbed in!! If it was that good they would not have found it. Maybe the woman was sick of people dropping in un announced and told her partner she had had enough, etc, etc.

Or vica versa.

[jabez]

My guess is some idiot rang crime stoppers on them. Then those cheeky little rats would have gone to check out the property and not found enough to get a search warrant, so just watched the property till there was some kind of distrubance and then rang it in themselfs to get access to the property. Being the dogs they are!!!

[DarkSpark]

i note it said if you didn't know where to look it would have been hard to find... sort of makes the "cops were called for a disturbance" ploy a failure... evidently they had an agenda.

 

a good idea for a grow area though just conceal the entry a bit better

[Crunchy]

obviously someone ratted them out...

the cops story is a bit too transparent...

[MadamePandora]

I personally think Partner A was having a fight with Partner B, and the neighbours called the cops. In the heat of the arguing and in front of the cops one partner dobs the other in for the drugs in the back yard.

 

People do really dumb things when they are fighting.