Two men charged over cannabis set-up

[Buster100]

taken from -

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8367430/two-men-charged-over-cannabis-set-up

 

 

Two men have been charged after cannabis with a street value of $1.25 million was seized on the NSW central coast.

 

Police were patrolling the Pacific Highway at North Wyong when they noticed a strong smell of cannabis about midnight on Sunday.

 

A short time later, police went to a residence on the Pacific Highway and knocked on the door.

 

When no one answered, police established a guard at the property and applied for a search warrant.

 

While waiting, police allegedly saw two people running from the house into nearby bushland.

 

A police dog unit found two men, who were arrested and taken to Wyong Police Station.

 

Police raided the property about 6.30am (AEDT) and allegedly located 288 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $1.25 million.

 

Police also seized a quantity of cannabis leaf, 150 power transformers and a large quantity of lighting and hydroponic equipment.

 

The two men were charged with possessing a prohibited plant, cultivating a prohibited plant greater than commercial quantity, and using electricity without authority.

 

They were both refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on Monday.

 

WOW 288 PLANTS AND NO ONE THOUGHT .........'HEY WE MIGHT NEED A FEW CARBON FILTERS GUYS?? '

[El Gato]

no one said you have to have brains to grow weed man........

[Stix87]

i still know of a couple people that dont use them and then then winge they pull early coz its stinkin the house out there not that expensive specialy if your growing comercil like they are

[Frank Reynolds]

Jesus i'm worried about the smell from 1 plant, let alone 288 or whatever, but i bet most of em were clones.

[Cerberus]

but i bet most of em were clones.

 

That's what I was thinking, otherwise it would have to a pretty big house.

 

A long time ago I read an interview with an ex-cop or something like that and he said the cops mostly just put the uprooted plant on the scales to measure and they add up the total and multiply it by the going street rate at the time (i.e $20/gram) so, like this article, they have to be read with slight skepticism.

 

I don't know if this is true or not however not long after I saw a news article and the weight and "value" worked out to be 20/gram so I figured he must've been telling the truth abut "most cops".

 

The clone explanation would probably be why they don't mention the weight of the haul.

[Feenixx17]

I got busted with one plant and it had just finished budding. 1 week later got nabed. It wasn't that big but cause they weighed the roots and soil made it 2kg. So off to the supreme court i went. For my first time, with 1 plant....Un Fucken believable

[dani]

I got busted with one plant and it had just finished budding. 1 week later got nabed. It wasn't that big but cause they weighed the roots and soil made it 2kg. So off to the supreme court i went. For my first time, with 1 plant....Un Fucken believable

yeah it is Un Fucken believable

 

[uncle chron]

my ass the pigs smelled it

more like some putrid mutt put em in

and yeas, who`s to say they were`nt all clones

real nice making assumptions when ya got no fucken idea aye

as for 288 plants being valued at 1.25mil$ it seems they`ve doubled the 'previous insane' price

the whole thing reeks of prohibition hype

the fellas were probably just mega keen gardeners who got a bargain on the ballasts from ebay or something ....... huh,...fucken ebay

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I got busted with one plant and it had just finished budding. 1 week later got nabed. It wasn't that big but cause they weighed the roots and soil made it 2kg. So off to the supreme court i went. For my first time, with 1 plant....Un Fucken believable

Should of told em you wanted a reweigh after it was dried!!!

[Darth Cannabis]

I got busted with one plant and it had just finished budding. 1 week later got nabed. It wasn't that big but cause they weighed the roots and soil made it 2kg. So off to the supreme court i went. For my first time, with 1 plant....Un Fucken believable

 

O.o What. The. Fuck. I can't believe the levels to which they will stoop just to screw someone over :S

 

OT: 288 plants = 1.25mil?? , well they say cops are the dumbest HSC graduates we have, so makes sense they can't do math