NSW:$2million worth of cannabis seized in NSW

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2011
NSW:$2million worth of cannabis seized in NSW

SYDNEY, Dec 3 AAP - Cannabis worth nearly $2 million has been seized on the NSW Mid North Coast.

More than 900 cannabis plants and half a kilogram of dried cannabis was seized during
raids in the Manning Great Lakes over the past week.

The cannabis had an estimated street value of $1.93 million, police said. It has been destroyed.

"Each year, illegal growers try to hide their crops in remote locations where they
won't be found, but we've got you in our sights," Drug Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent
Nick Bingham, said in a statement on Saturday.

The raids were part of an ongoing cannabis eradication program that has been running
since the 1980s.

The program has stopped more than $230 million worth of cannabis from reaching NSW
streets, police said.

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