A man has been charged after police allegedly located more than 1000 cannabis plants at a property on the state’s mid-north coast.
About 9:10am (Friday 25 January 2019), officers from the Mid North Coast Police District executed a search warrant at a property on Cochrane Fire Trail, Carrai, about 90km north-west of Kempsey.
During a search of the property and the immediate area, officers allegedly located eight plots containing 1064 cannabis plants, 100 litres of cannabis oil and 10kg of cannabis leaf.
Police also seized three firearms, a large amount of ammunition, two motorbikes and one quad bike.
A 62-year-old man was arrested was taken to Kempsey Police Station and charged with 13 offences;
- cultivate prohibited plant (large commercial quantity)
- supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity)
- manufacture prohibited drug (large commercial quantity)
- supply prohibited drug (commercial quantity)
- goods suspected stolen in/on premises (x3)
- possess unregistered firearm-not prohibited firearm/pistol (x2)
- possess unauthorised firearm
- possess ammunition without holding licence/permit
- Not keep firearm safely-not prohibited firearm
- possess prohibited drug
He was refused bail to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court today (Saturday 26 January 2019).
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to cannabis cultivation and supply to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
